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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 20:47 UT (distance 369,334km; angular size 32.4').
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Moon near M35 Cluster at 1h UT (morning sky).
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Last Quarter Moon at 13:25 UT.
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Moon near Castor at 7h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 12h UT (morning sky).
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Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 12h UT. The ringed planet is at its closest and brightest in 2026. Mag. 0.3.
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Moon, Mars and Beehive Cluster (M44) within 3.4° circle at 12h UT (66° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 1.1.
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Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition at 10h UT. Mag. 8.2.
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Moon near Jupiter at 11h UT (morning sky). Mag. −1.9.
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Venus at southernmost declination (−21.3°) at 18h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.5.
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Moon near Regulus at 4h UT (morning sky).
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Mercury 5.0° NNE of Venus at 5h UT (25° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 0.0 and −4.4.
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Pluto at southernmost declination (−23.6°) at 23h UT (evening sky). Mag. 14.6.
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New Moon at 15:49 UT. Start of lunation 1284.
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Mars 0.10° S of Beehive Cluster (M44) at 13h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.1.
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Moon near Venus at 5h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.3.
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Mercury at easternmost elongation at 10h UT (25.2° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.0.
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Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition at 17h UT. Mag. 6.5.
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Moon 2.05° S of Mercury at 20h UT (25° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.0.
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Moon near Antares at 22h UT (evening sky).
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 23h UT (distance 404,643km; angular size 29.5').
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First Quarter Moon at 16:12 UT.
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Orionid meteor shower peaks. Arises from the debris field of Comet Halley. Active from October 2 to November 7. Produces very fast (67 km/sec), generally faint meteors (10−20 per hour). Radiant located near Orion's club asterism.
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Venus at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 4h UT. The brightest planet passes into the morning sky.
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Moon near Saturn at 13h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.4.
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Full Moon at 4:12 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades at 2h UT (morning sky).
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 18:11 UT (distance 364,407km; angular size 32.8').
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Moon near M35 Cluster at 7h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Castor at 12h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 18h UT (morning 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 Daylight Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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