Sky Diary for 2022

January
2	C/2021 A1 (Leonard) at perihelion New Moon M41 is well placed
3	Quadrantid meteor shower 2022
4	Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Earth at perihelion Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
6	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
7	Mercury at greatest elongation east
12	Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky
9	Venus at inferior solar conjunction Mercury at dichotomy Moon at First Quarter
10	C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) at perihelion
12	104P/Kowal at perihelion
13	Asteroid 7 Iris at opposition
15	M47 is well placed NGC 2403 is well placed
16	134340 Pluto at solar conjunction
17	Full Moon NGC 2451 is well placed
18	Uranus ends retrograde motion
19	γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower 2022 104P/Kowal reaches its brightest
20	19P/Borrelly reaches its brightest NGC 2516 is well placed
23	Mercury at inferior solar conjunction NGC 2547 is well placed
25	Moon at Last Quarter
26	Close approach of Mars and NGC 6530
29	Close approach of the Moon and Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
31	Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury M44 is well placed IC2391 is well placed IC2395 is well placed

February
1	New Moon
2	19P/Borrelly at perihelion Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
4	Saturn at solar conjunction
5	Close approach of Mars and M22 Asteroid 20 Massalia at opposition
7	Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus
8	α-Centaurid meteor shower 2022 Moon at First Quarter NGC 2808 is well placed
9	Venus at greatest brightness
11	Mercury at dichotomy
12	Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto
13	Conjunction of Venus and Mars
16	Full Moon
6	Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky
16	Mercury at greatest elongation west
19	M81 is well placed
21	NGC 3114 is well placed
23	Moon at Last Quarter
27	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars IC2581 is well placed
28	Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
13	Venus at highest altitude in morning sky

March
2	Conjunction of Mercury and Saturn Close approach of Mercury and Saturn New Moon
3	9P/Tempel at perihelion IC2602 is well placed
4	Conjunction of Mars and Pluto
5	Conjunction of Venus and Pluto Jupiter at solar conjunction
7	Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus
9	NGC 3532 is well placed
10	Moon at First Quarter
12	Conjunction of Venus and Mars
13	Neptune at solar conjunction
14	γ-Normid meteor shower 2022
16	Close approach of Venus and Mars 22P/Kopff at perihelion
18	Full Moon
20	March equinox Venus at greatest elongation west
21	Venus at dichotomy
25	Moon at Last Quarter
28	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon, Venus and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn 136472 Makemake at opposition
29	Close approach of Venus and Saturn Conjunction of Venus and Saturn
30	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

April
1	New Moon
2	M104 is well placed
3	Mercury at superior solar conjunction Lunar occultation of Uranus
4	Conjunction of Saturn and Mars
5	M94 is well placed Close approach of Saturn and Mars
6	NGC 4755 is well placed
9	Moon at First Quarter
12	Conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune
14	NGC 5128 is well placed Omega-Cen is well placed 136199 Eris at solar conjunction
15	M51 is well placed
16	Full Moon
17	M83 is well placed
18	M3 is well placed Conjunction of Mercury and Uranus
19	136108 Haumea at opposition
22	Lyrid meteor shower 2022
23	Moon at Last Quarter
24	M101 is well placed π-Puppid meteor shower 2022 Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
25	Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Mercury at dichotomy Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
26	Close approach of the Moon and Mars 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova at perihelion
27	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Conjunction of Venus and Neptune Close approach of Venus and Neptune
29	Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Mercury at greatest elongation east Asteroid 10 Hygiea at opposition
30	Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter New Moon Partial solar eclipse Close approach of Venus and Jupiter

May
2	Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
5	Uranus at solar conjunction
6	η-Aquariid meteor shower 2022
8	η-Lyrid meteor shower 2022
9	Moon at First Quarter
13	M5 is well placed
16	Total lunar eclipse Full Moon
18	Conjunction of Mars and Neptune
21	Mercury at inferior solar conjunction
22	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Moon at Last Quarter
24	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars
25	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
27	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus Lunar occultation of Venus Conjunction of Venus and Eris
29	M4 is well placed Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars Close approach of Jupiter and Mars
30	New Moon

June
3	M13 is well placed
4	M12 is well placed Saturn enters retrograde motion
7	M10 is well placed Asteroid 29 Amphitrite at opposition Moon at First Quarter
8	M62 is well placed
10	Daytime Arietid meteor shower 2022
11	Conjunction of Venus and Uranus
12	M92 is well placed
14	Full Moon
16	Mercury at greatest elongation west
25	Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky
17	NGC 6388 is well placed
18	M6 is well placed NGC 6397 is well placed Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
19	IC4665 is well placed
21	M7 is well placed Moon at Last Quarter June solstice Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
22	Mercury at dichotomy Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars
24	NGC 6530 is well placed Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus
25	NGC 6541 is well placed
26	Close approach of the Moon and Venus Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
27	Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury June Bootid meteor shower 2022
28	Neptune enters retrograde motion
29	New Moon
30	NGC 6633 is well placed

July
2	M22 is well placed
3	IC4756 is well placed
4	The Earth at aphelion
7	Moon at First Quarter
11	NGC 6752 is well placed
13	Full Moon
15	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
16	Mercury at superior solar conjunction
18	M55 is well placed
19	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
20	134340 Pluto at opposition Moon at Last Quarter
21	Asteroid 9 Metis at opposition Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
22	Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus 1 Ceres at solar conjunction
23	Asteroid 192 Nausikaa at opposition
26	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
28	New Moon Jupiter enters retrograde motion
29	Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2022 Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
30	Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2022 α-Capricornid meteor shower 2022

August
1	Conjunction of Mars and Uranus
5	Moon at First Quarter
12	Full Moon Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
13	Perseid meteor shower 2022
14	Saturn at opposition
15	M15 is well placed Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
16	M2 is well placed
18	κ-Cygnid meteor shower 2022 Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus
19	Moon at Last Quarter Close approach of the Moon and Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
23	Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition
24	73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann at perihelion Uranus enters retrograde motion Conjunction of Venus and Ceres
25	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
27	New Moon
8	Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky
27	Mercury at greatest elongation east
29	Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury Mercury at dichotomy

September
1	Aurigid meteor shower 2022
3	Moon at First Quarter
8	Asteroid 3 Juno at opposition Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
9	September ε-Perseid meteor shower 2022
10	Full Moon
11	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
14	Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus
16	Neptune at opposition
17	Close approach of the Moon and Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Moon at Last Quarter
23	September equinox Mercury at inferior solar conjunction
25	New Moon
26	NGC 55 is well placed Jupiter at opposition
27	Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 2022
28	47-Tuc is well placed

October
1	136472 Makemake at solar conjunction
2	M110 is well placed
3	M32 is well placed M31 is well placed Moon at First Quarter
4	NGC 253 is well placed
5	SMC is well placed Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
6	NGC 300 is well placed October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2022
8	NGC 362 is well placed Mercury at dichotomy Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Mercury at greatest elongation west
9	Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky
8	Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
9	Draconid meteor shower 2022 Full Moon
10	Southern Taurid meteor shower 2022
11	δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2022
12	Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus
15	Close approach of the Moon and Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
16	M33 is well placed
17	Moon at Last Quarter
18	136199 Eris at opposition ε-Geminid meteor shower 2022
21	Orionid meteor shower 2022
22	Venus at superior solar conjunction
23	Saturn ends retrograde motion 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
24	Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2022
25	New Moon Partial solar eclipse
27	NGC 869 is well placed
28	NGC 884 is well placed
30	Mars enters retrograde motion

November
1	Moon at First Quarter Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Fornax is well placed
4	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
8	Total lunar eclipse Full Moon Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus Mercury at superior solar conjunction
9	Uranus at opposition
11	Close approach of the Moon and Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
12	Northern Taurid meteor shower 2022 Asteroid 27 Euterpe at opposition
16	Moon at Last Quarter
18	Leonid meteor shower 2022 M45 is well placed
19	Asteroid 115 Thyra at opposition
21	α-Monocerotid meteor shower 2022
22	Asteroid 324 Bamberga at opposition
23	New Moon Jupiter ends retrograde motion
25	118P/Shoemaker-Levy at perihelion
28	November Orionid meteor shower 2022
29	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Asteroid 30 Urania at opposition
30	Moon at First Quarter

December
1	Mars at perigee Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition
2	Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Pheonicid meteor shower 2022
3	Neptune ends retrograde motion
5	Close approach of the Moon and Uranus Lunar occultation of Uranus
6	December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2022
7	Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2022
8	Full Moon Close approach of the Moon and Mars Lunar occultation of Mars Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Mars at opposition
9	Monocerotid meteor shower 2022
10	1 Ceres at perihelion
12	σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2022 LMC is well placed
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
19	C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) at perihelion
20	December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2022
21	Mercury at greatest elongation east
26	Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky
21	December solstice
22	Ursid meteor shower 2022
23	New Moon
24	Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Mercury at dichotomy Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
26	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
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
30	Moon at First Quarter

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