Calendar of Astronomical Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 Mercury at aphelion Messier 22 is well placed The cluster IC 4756 is well placed	2	3	4 Conjunction of Mars and Uranus Close approach of Mars and Uranus
5	6 The Earth at aphelion	7 Neptune enters retrograde motion Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Moon at Last Quarter Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn	8	9 Asteroid 18 Melpomene at opposition Asteroid 8 Flora at opposition	10 Close approach of the Moon and M45 The Great Peacock Globular Cluster is well placed	11 Close approach of the Moon and Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
12 Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri Mercury at inferior solar conjunction	13 The Moon at perigee	14 New Moon The Moon at perihelion	15	16 Lunar occultation of Regulus	17 Close approach of the Moon and Venus Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Messier 55 is well placed	18
19	20	21 Moon at First Quarter	22	23	24 Lunar occultation of Antares	25 The Moon at apogee
26 Saturn enters retrograde motion Asteroid 3 Juno at opposition	27 134340 Pluto at opposition Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii	28 The Moon at aphelion Asteroid 324 Bamberga at opposition	29 Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2026 Jupiter at solar conjunction Full Moon	30 Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2026 α-Capricornid meteor shower 2026 Jupiter at apogee	31