Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 The Moon at perihelion Aurigid meteor shower	2 Mars at solar conjunction	3 Mercury at superior solar conjunction	4	5 C/2018 W2 (Africano) at perihelion Moon at First Quarter	6 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Asteroid 135 Hertha at opposition	7
8 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Pluto	9 September ε-Perseid meteor shower	10 Neptune at opposition	11 The Moon at aphelion	12	13 The Moon at apogee	14 Full Moon
15	16	17	18	19	20	21 Moon at Last Quarter
22	23 September equinox	24 Close approach of the Moon and M44	25 NGC 55 is well placed	26 C/2018 W2 (Africano) reaches its brightest	27 Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 47-Tuc is well placed The Moon at perigee	28 Asteroid 21 Lutetia at opposition New Moon 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction
29 Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury	30