Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 The Moon at perigee	2 Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed	3 Moon at Last Quarter NGC 253 is well placed
4 Saturn at opposition Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition The Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars	5 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction Close approach of the Moon and M44 Conjunction of Venus and Mercury NGC 300 is well placed	6 October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2026 Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Lunar occultation of Jupiter Lunar occultation of Regulus	7 NGC 362 is well placed	8	9 Draconid meteor shower 2026	10 New Moon Southern Taurid meteor shower 2026
11 Close approach of Mars and M44 δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2026 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Mercury at greatest elongation east	12 Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury	13 Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition The Moon at perihelion	14 Lunar occultation of Antares	15 The Triangulum Galaxy is well placed	16 The Moon at apogee	17 Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii Mercury at dichotomy
18 Moon at First Quarter ε-Geminid meteor shower 2026 136199 Eris at opposition	19	20	21 Orionid meteor shower 2026	22	23 The Moon at aphelion Venus at inferior solar conjunction	24 Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2026
25 Full Moon	26 The Perseus Double Cluster is well placed 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction	27 Close approach of the Moon and M45	28 The Moon at perigee	29 Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri	30	31