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	8 Mars at opposition	9 Monocerotid meteor shower 2022 1 Ceres at perihelion	10
11 The Moon at apogee	12 σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2022 The Large Magellanic Cloud is well placed	13	14 Geminid meteor shower 2022	15 Comet 81P/Wild passes perihelion The Orion Nebula is well placed The Running Man cluster is well placed	16 Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2022 Moon at Last Quarter	17
18	19 Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) passes perihelion	20 December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2022	21 Lunar occultation of Delta Scorpii 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 Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky A parade of 7 planets in the evening sky
25 Venus at aphelion	26 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn	27	28 The cluster NGC 2232 is well placed	29 Conjunction of Venus and Mercury Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Rosette Nebula is well placed Moon at First Quarter	30	31