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Moon at apogee (furthest from Earth) at 18h UT (distance 404,998 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Pollux at 14h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near the Beehive cluster (M44) at 18h UT (morning sky). Binoculars provide an excellent view.
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5
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Taurid (south) meteor shower peaks. May produce the occasional bright fireball. Moonlight interferes.
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Venus 0.55° from Jupiter at 1h UT. Magnitudes -4.0 and -1.7 (34° from Sun, morning sky).
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5
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Last Quarter Moon at 5:53 UT.
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9
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Moon 0.92° from Jupiter at 17h UT (morning sky).
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9
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Moon, Venus, and Jupiter within a circle 4.9° diameter at 21h UT (morning sky).
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10
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Moon 0.25° from Venus at 1h UT (morning sky).
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11
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Moon 0.49° from Mars at 4h UT (morning sky).
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12
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Taurid (north) meteor shower peaks. May produce the occasional bright fireball.
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12
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New Moon at 14:27 UT. Beginning of lunation 1013.
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Moon near Antares at 22h UT (morning sky).
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14
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Moon 0.92° from Mercury at 3h UT (21° from Sun, morning sky). Magnitude -0.32.
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14
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 14h UT (distance 362,313 km; angular size 33.0').
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Leonid meteor shower peaks at 8 UT. No predictions of strong activity issued for 2004. Expect about 15 to 20 meteors per hour under best conditions.
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19
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First Quarter Moon at 5:50 UT.
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 22° east from the Sun (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mercury (mag. -0.3) visible very low in the southwest about 30 minutes after sunset.
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Moon near the Pleiades at 11h UT (midnight sky).
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26
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Full Moon at 20:07 UT. The full Moon of November is called the "Frosty Moon" in old almanacs.
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Moon at apogee (furthest from Earth) at 11h UT (distance 405,953 km; angular size 29.4').
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All times Universal Time (UT). (USA Eastern Standard Time = UT 5 hours)
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