Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 Neptune ends retrograde motion	2 Pheonicid meteor shower 2021 Mercury at aphelion Conjunction of the Moon and Mars	3	4 Total solar eclipse New Moon The Moon at perigee
5 The Moon at perihelion Venus at highest altitude in evening sky	6 December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2021 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus	7 Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2021 Venus at greatest brightness Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn	8	9 Monocerotid meteor shower 2021 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter	10 Asteroid 44 Nysa at opposition Moon at First Quarter	11
12 σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2021 C/2021 A1 (Leonard) at perigee LMC is well placed	13 Conjunction of Venus and Pluto	14 Geminid meteor shower 2021	15 NGC 1981 is well placed	16 Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2021	17 The Moon at apogee	18 The Moon at aphelion Full Moon
19 December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2021	20	21 December solstice Conjunction of Venus and Pluto	22 Ursid meteor shower 2021	23	24	25
26 Moon at Last Quarter	27	28 NGC 2232 is well placed Conjunction of Venus and Mercury	29 NGC 2244 is well placed	30 Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto	31 Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars