Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 Full Moon	2	3	4	5 Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon at apogee
6 Supernova SN2020ssf discovered	7	8	9 September ε-Perseid meteor shower 2020 Mars enters retrograde motion	10 Moon at Last Quarter Asteroid 19 Fortuna at opposition	11 Neptune at opposition	12 Jupiter ends retrograde motion
13 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus	14 Comet 88P/Howell reaches peak brightness Comet C/2020 K8 (Catalina-ATLAS) passes perihelion	15	16 Supernova SN2020tlf discovered	17 New Moon	18 The Moon at perigee Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury Mercury at aphelion	19 The Moon at perihelion
20 Conjunction of Mars and Eris	21 Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii	22 September equinox	23 Moon at First Quarter	24 Comet 88P/Howell passes perihelion NGC 55 is well placed Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter	25 Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn	26
27 Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 2020 47 Tuc is well placed	28 Supernova SN2020ukx discovered The Moon at aphelion 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction Saturn ends retrograde motion	29 Asteroid 68 Leto at opposition	30