Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter	2 Pheonicid meteor shower 2022	3 Neptune ends retrograde motion
4	5 Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus	6 December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2022 The Moon at aphelion	7 Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2022 Full Moon Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Mars at opposition	8	9 Monocerotid meteor shower 2022	10 1 Ceres at perihelion
11 The Moon at apogee	12 σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2022 LMC is well placed	13	14 Geminid meteor shower 2022	15 81P/Wild at perihelion NGC 1981 is well placed	16 Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2022 Moon at Last Quarter	17
18	19 C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) at perihelion	20 December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2022	21 Mercury at greatest elongation east December solstice	22 Ursid meteor shower 2022	23 New Moon The Moon at perihelion	24 The Moon at perigee Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Mercury at dichotomy Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
25 Venus at aphelion	26 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky	27	28 NGC 2232 is well placed	29 Conjunction of Venus and Mercury Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter NGC 2244 is well placed Moon at First Quarter	30	31