Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
2 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon at aphelion	3 Mars at perihelion Full Moon	4 Comet 2P/Encke passes perigee	5 Mercury at perihelion	6	7	8
9 Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars The Moon at apogee	10	11 Moon at Last Quarter	12 Perseid meteor shower 2020 Venus at dichotomy	13 Venus at greatest elongation west Messier 15 is well placed	14 Comet C/2020 Q1 (Borisov) passes perihelion Messier 2 is well placed	15 Close approach of the Moon and Venus Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Uranus enters retrograde motion 1 Ceres at aphelion
16	17 Mercury at superior solar conjunction κ-Cygnid meteor shower 2020	18 New Moon	19	20 Supernova SN2020scc discovered The Moon at perihelion	21 The Moon at perigee	22
23 Mars 2020: a great chance to see the red planet	24	25 Moon at First Quarter Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii	26	27	28 Asteroid 20 Massalia at opposition 1 Ceres at opposition Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter	29 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
30 The Moon at aphelion	31 Aurigid meteor shower 2020 Conjunction of Mars and Eris