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Moon near Venus (morning sky). Mag. −4.3. Spectacular!
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Saturn (28° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 0.6.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 21:04 UT. Start of lunation 1189.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 406,555 km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 22h UT. Mag. 1.0.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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First Quarter Moon at 22:26 UT.
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Mars 1.0° NNW of Uranus (65° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. 1.0 and 5.8.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
• Uranus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near the Pleiades (96° from Sun, evening sky) at 11h UT. The Hyades nearby.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 4h UT.
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 6h UT.
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Venus 1.1° N of Saturn (43° from Sun, morning sky) at 13h UT. Mags. −4.1 and 0.6.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 8:51 UT (356,761 km; angular size 33.5').
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Moon near Regulus (midnight sky) at 15h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Full Moon at 15:54 UT. Perigee 7 hours earlier.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 6h UT.
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 11:28 UT.
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Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 17h UT.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at greatest elongation east (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −0.3.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 16h UT. Mag. −2.0.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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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 (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.
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- USA Eastern Standard Time = UT − 5 hours.
- Australian Eastern Summer Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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