Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter	2 Asteroid 29 Amphitrite at opposition 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction	3 The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed Close approach of the Moon and M45	4 NGC 253 is well placed Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri	5	6 The Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed NGC 300 is well placed October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2023 Moon at Last Quarter	7
8 NGC 362 is well placed	9 Draconid meteor shower 2023 The Moon at apogee	10 Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus Southern Taurid meteor shower 2023	11 δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2023	12	13	14 New Moon Annular solar eclipse
15	16 The Triangulum Galaxy is well placed	17 The Moon at perihelion	18 Mars at apogee Lunar occultation of Antares 136199 Eris at opposition	19 ε-Geminid meteor shower 2023	20 Venus at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury at superior solar conjunction	21 Moon at First Quarter
22 Orionid meteor shower 2023 Comet 2P/Encke passes perihelion Venus at dichotomy	23 Venus at greatest elongation west	24 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction	25 Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2023 The Moon at perigee	26 The Moon at aphelion	27	28 The Perseus Double Cluster is well placed Partial lunar eclipse Full Moon
29 Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Comet C/2023 H2 (Lemmon) passes perihelion	30 Close approach of the Moon and M45	31