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Mercury at greatest elongation, 19° west of Sun (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag -0.5.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 0h UT (367,879 km; angular size 32.5').
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Mercury 4.2° NNE of Spica (18° from Sun, morning sky) at 16h UT. Mags. -0.7 and +1.0.
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Moon near Uranus (evening sky) at 18h UT. Mag. +5.7.
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Full Moon at 22:22 UT.
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8
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Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 1h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 21h UT.
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Taurid (north) meteor shower peaks. Meteors often appear slow moving (28 km/sec) with the occasional very bright fireball.
• The Taurids (Gary Kronk)
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Moon near Pollux (morning sky) at 6h UT.
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Moon near Beehive Cluster (morning sky) at 10h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Jupiter (90° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. Mag. -2.1.
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14
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Last Quarter Moon at 15:17 UT.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 404,336 km; angular size 29.6').
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 8h UT.
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Leonid meteor shower peaks at 16h and 22h UT. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1533. Produces very fast meteors (71 km/sec). Expect 10 to 15 meteors per hour under dark skies. Best viewed after midnight.
• The Leonids (Gary Kronk)
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
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Saturn at conjunction with the Sun at 9h UT. The ringed planet passes into the morning sky.
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Moon near Spica (33° from Sun, morning sky) at 19h UT.
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New Moon at 12:31 UT. Start of lunation 1137.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 8h UT. Mag. +1.0.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 23h UT (369,827 km; angular size 32.3').
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First Quarter Moon at 10:06 UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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