Calendar of Astronomical Events

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