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Last Quarter Moon at 3:28 UT.
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Moon near Mars (87° from Sun, morning sky) at 10h UT. Mag. +0.8.
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Moon near Saturn (60° from Sun, morning sky) at 19h UT. Mag. +0.5.
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Moon near Venus (30° from Sun, morning sky) at 7h UT. Mag. -4.0.
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Moon near Mercury (26° from Sun, morning sky) at 16h UT. Mag. 0.0. A good opportunity to view this elusive planet.
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 26° west of Sun (morning sky) at 1h UT. Mag. 0.0.
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New Moon at 14:39 UT. Start of lunation 1152.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 3h UT (364,360 km; angular size 32.8').
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Mercury 4.0° E of Venus (25° and 29° from Sun, morning sky) at 3h UT. Mags. -0.1 and -4.0.
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First Quarter Moon at 7:46 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 14h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon very near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 6h UT. Occultation visible from Hawaii, Philippines, Taiwan.
• Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA)
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Moon near Beehive cluster (evening sky) at 17h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Regulus (midnight sky) at 12h UT.
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Full Moon at 18:20 UT.
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Moon near Jupiter (165° from Sun, morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag. -2.5.
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 23h UT.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 3h UT (distance 405,383 km; angular size 29.5').
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Leap Day added to February so this year is 366 days long.
• Leap Year (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. +0.8.
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The Zodiacal Light is caused by sunlight reflected off meteoric dust in the plane of the solar system. Choose a clear, moonless night, about 1-2 hours after sunset, and look for a large triangular-shaped glow extending up from the horizon
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(along the ecliptic). The best months to view the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic is almost vertical at the horizon: March and April (evening) and October-November (morning); times reversed for the southern hemisphere.
• Zodiacal Light (Wikipedia)
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
• Photographing the Zodiacal Light (Weatherscapes)
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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