Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Mercury at greatest elongation east Full Moon The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed	2 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars	3 The Moon at apogee NGC 253 is well placed
4 The Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed NGC 300 is well placed	5 Supernova SN2020uxz discovered October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2020	6 Mars at perigee Mercury at dichotomy	7 NGC 362 is well placed	8 Draconid meteor shower 2020	9 Moon at Last Quarter	10 Southern Taurid meteor shower 2020
11 δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2020	12	13 Comet C/2020 P1 (NEOWISE) passes perigee Mars at opposition Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus	14 The Triangulum Galaxy is well placed	15	16 New Moon The Moon at perigee	17 136199 Eris at opposition Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
18 ε-Geminid meteor shower 2020 The Moon at perihelion	19 Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii	20 Comet C/2020 P1 (NEOWISE) passes perihelion 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction	21 The Great Conjunction of 2020 Supernova SN2020xtz discovered Orionid meteor shower 2020	22 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn	23 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Asteroid 11 Parthenope at opposition Moon at First Quarter	24 Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2020
25 Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) passes perihelion Mercury at inferior solar conjunction	26 The Perseus Double Cluster is well placed	27 Asteroid 471 Papagena at opposition	28 The Moon at aphelion	29 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars	30 The Moon at apogee Venus at perihelion	31 Blue Moon Uranus at opposition