61.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°35'. Wed, 17 May 2023 at 21:36 EDT (347 days ago) in Aries

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 19 May 2023 at 11:54 EDT (345 days ago) in Taurus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°12'. Tue, 23 May 2023 at 08:09 EDT (341 days ago) in Gemini

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Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Tue, 23 May 2023 at 08:37 EDT (341 days ago) in Gemini

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°45'. Wed, 24 May 2023 at 13:33 EDT (340 days ago) in Cancer

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:19 EDT (340 days ago) in Cancer

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The Moon at apogee The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month. Thu, 25 May 2023 at 21:38 EDT (339 days ago) in Leo

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Moon at First Quarter The Moon reaches first quarter phase – appearing high in the sky at sunset and setting in the west at around midnight. Sat, 27 May 2023 at 11:22 EDT (337 days ago) in Leo

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Messier 4 is well placed The globular cluster M4 (NGC 6121; mag 5.4) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 28 May 2023 (336 days ago) in Scorpius

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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Mon, 29 May 2023 at 03:44 EDT (335 days ago) in Aries

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Mars at aphelion Mars passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Tue, 30 May 2023 at 15:30 EDT (334 days ago) in Cancer

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Close approach of Mars and M44 Mars and M44 pass close to each other. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 at 19:06 EDT (331 days ago) in Cancer

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The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules is well placed The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (M13, NGC 6205; mag 5.8) culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 (331 days ago) in Hercules

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Lunar occultation of Delta Scorpii The Moon will pass in front of Delta Scorpii (Dschubba), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Antarctica, Australia, Chile and New Zealand amongst others. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 at 05:56 EDT (330 days ago) in Scorpius

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Messier 12 is well placed The globular cluster M12 (NGC 6218; mag 6.1) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 (330 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Venus at dichotomy Venus reaches half phase in the evening sky. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 at 22:56 EDT (330 days ago) in Cancer

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 at 23:41 EDT (330 days ago) in Scorpius

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Conjunction of Mercury and Uranus Mercury and Uranus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°54'. Sun, 04 Jun 2023 at 00:34 EDT (329 days ago) in Aries

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Sun, 04 Jun 2023 at 02:02 EDT (329 days ago) in Aries

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Venus at greatest elongation east Venus is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Sun, 04 Jun 2023 at 12:11 EDT (329 days ago) in Cancer