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Last Quarter Moon at 11:27 UT.
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Moon near Saturn at 0h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.2.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Moon, Mars and Neptune within circle 4.1° diameter at 19h UT (44° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.1 and 7.9.
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Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks. Most active for 7 days around this date. Associated with Comet Halley. Very fast, bright meteors, up to 40 per hour. Best seen from the tropics and southern hemisphere a few hours before dawn.
• Eta Aquarids (Wikipedia)
• AMS Meteor Shower Calendar 2024-2025 (IMO)
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Moon near Mars at 3h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.1. Occultation visible from Madagascar.
• Disappearance and Reappearance Times (IOTA)
• Lunar occultation of Mars (In-The-Sky)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:08 UT (distance 363,163km; angular size 32.9').
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Moon near Mercury at 6h UT (26° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.7.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 3:23 UT. Start of lunation 1254.
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9
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Moon near the Pleiades at 1h UT (evening sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at greatest elongation west at 21h UT (26° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.5.
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 8h UT (evening sky).
• Messier 35 (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Castor at 17h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 23h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 2h UT (evening sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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First Quarter Moon at 11:48 UT.
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Moon near Regulus at 23h UT (evening sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 404,640km; angular size 29.5').
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Jupiter at conjunction with the Sun at 19h UT. The largest planet passes into the morning sky.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition at 23h UT. Mag. 9.0.
• 2 Pallas (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Spica at 12h UT (evening sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Full Moon at 13:55 UT.
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Moon near Antares at 4h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from SE USA, Caribbean, Central America, and West Africa.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
• Disappearance and Reappearance Times (IOTA)
• Occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky)
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Last Quarter Moon at 17:12 UT.
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Moon near Saturn at 9h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.2. Occultation visible from southern South America.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
• Disappearance and Reappearance Times (IOTA)
• Occultation of Saturn (In-The-Sky)
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
- US Pacific Daylight Time = UT − 7 hours.
- Australian Eastern Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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