Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 Aurigid meteor shower 2026	2	3 Close approach of the Moon and M45	4 Moon at Last Quarter Venus at aphelion	5 Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri
6 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon at perigee	7	8 Close approach of the Moon and M44 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Lunar occultation of Jupiter	9 September ε-Perseid meteor shower 2026	10 Uranus enters retrograde motion	11 New Moon	12 Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
13 The Moon at perihelion	14 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus Lunar occultation of Venus	15	16	17 Lunar occultation of Antares	18 Moon at First Quarter	19 The Moon at apogee
20 Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii	21	22 Venus at greatest brightness	23 September equinox The Moon at aphelion	24	25 NGC 55 is well placed	26 Neptune at opposition Full Moon
27 Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Mercury at aphelion Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 2026 47 Tuc is well placed	28	29	30 Asteroid 192 Nausikaa at opposition Close approach of the Moon and M45