Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 The Moon at perihelion M110 is well placed	2 M32 is well placed M31 is well placed	3 Mercury at aphelion Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter NGC 253 is well placed	4	5 Moon at First Quarter Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn SMC is well placed NGC 300 is well placed
6 October Camelopardalid meteor shower	7 NGC 362 is well placed	8	9 Draconid meteor shower	10 The Moon at aphelion The Moon at apogee Southern Taurid meteor shower	11 δ-Aurigid meteor shower	12
13 Asteroid 29 Amphitrite at opposition Full Moon	14	15 M33 is well placed	16	17 136199 Eris at opposition	18 ε-Geminid meteor shower	19 Mercury at greatest elongation east
20 Mercury reaches highest point in evening sky 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction	21 Moon at Last Quarter Orionid meteor shower	22 Close approach of the Moon and M44	23	24 Leonis Minorid meteor shower Conjunction of Jupiter and Ceres	25 Mercury at dichotomy Asteroid 9 Metis at opposition	26 The Moon at perigee Conjunction of the Moon and Mars NGC 869 is well placed
27 NGC 884 is well placed New Moon	28 Uranus at opposition	29 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury	30 Conjunction of Venus and Mercury The Moon at perihelion	31 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter