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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 2h UT.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 17h UT (364,191 km; 33.0').
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Moon near Spica (18° from Sun, morning sky) at 22h UT.
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Taurid (south) meteor shower peaks. Active between 25 Sept and 25 Nov. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke.
The Taurids (Gary Kronk)
The Southern Taurids (IMO)
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New Moon at 4:52 UT. Start of lunation 1087.
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Moon near Mercury (12° from Sun, evening sky) at 3h UT. Mag. -0.5.
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Moon near Mars (22° from Sun, evening sky) at 23h UT. Mag. +1.4.
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 1h UT.
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Moon, Mars and Antares within 5° circle at 3h UT.
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Mars 3.9° N of Antares (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mags. +1.4 and +1.0.
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Taurid (north) meteor shower peaks. May produce the occasional bright fireball.
The Taurids (Gary Kronk)
The Northern Taurids (IMO)
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First Quarter Moon at 16:39 UT.
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Mercury, Mars and Antares within 5° circle at 18h UT. Mags. -0.4, +1.4 and +1.0.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 12h UT (distance 404,631 km; angular size 29.2').
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Mercury 2.4° NNE of Antares at 19h UT. Mags. -0.4 and +1.0.
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Moon near Jupiter at 9h UT. Mag. -2.7.
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Leonid meteor shower peaks at 21h UT. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1533. Expect about 25 to 30 meteors per hour under dark skies.
The Leonids (Gary Kronk)
The Leonids (IMO)
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Full Moon at 17:27 UT.
Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon near the Pleiades (midnight sky) at 21h UT.
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Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 15h UT.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 20h UT.
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 8h UT.
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Last Quarter Moon at 20:36 UT.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 19h UT (369,430 km; 32.2').
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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