Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 The Moon at perigee	2 Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri Asteroid 40 Harmonia at opposition The cluster Messier 41 is well placed	3 Full Moon The Moon at aphelion The Earth at perihelion Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Quadrantid meteor shower 2026 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
4 Comet 24P/Schaumasse passes perigee	5 Close approach of the Moon and M44	6 Mercury at aphelion Venus at superior solar conjunction Lunar occultation of Regulus	7 Comet 24P/Schaumasse reaches peak brightness	8 Comet 24P/Schaumasse passes perihelion	9 Jupiter at perigee Mars at solar conjunction	10 Jupiter at opposition Moon at Last Quarter
11	12	13 The Moon at apogee	14 Lunar occultation of Antares	15 The cluster Messier 47 is well placed NGC 2403 is well placed	16	17 The Moon at perihelion The cluster NGC 2451 is well placed
18 New Moon	19 γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower 2026	20 Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) passes perihelion The cluster NGC 2516 is well placed	21 Mercury at superior solar conjunction	22 Venus at aphelion	23 Close approach of the Moon, Saturn and Neptune 134340 Pluto at solar conjunction Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Asteroid 44 Nysa at opposition The cluster NGC 2547 is well placed	24
25	26 Moon at First Quarter Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) reaches peak brightness	27 Close approach of the Moon and M45	28	29 Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri The Moon at perigee	30	31 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Beehive cluster is well placed The Omicron Velorum cluster is well placed The cluster IC 2395 is well placed