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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 6h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 21h UT. The elusive planet passes into the evening sky.
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Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks at 21h UT. Most active for 7 days around this date. Associated with Comet Halley. Very fast, bright meteors, up to 40 per hour. Favors skywatchers in the tropics and southern hemisphere observing a few hours before dawn. Moonlight interferes this year.
• Eta Aquariids (Wikipedia)
• 2020 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (IMO)
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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 23h UT.
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 2:56 UT (distance 359,654 km; angular size 33.2').
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Full Moon at 10:44 UT.
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Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 1h UT.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mag. −2.4.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon, Jupiter and Saturn within a circle of diam. 4.7° (morning sky) at 14h UT. Mags. −2.4 and 0.5.
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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.5.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 14:02 UT.
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag. 0.2.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Jupiter 4.7° WSW of Saturn (morning sky) at 6h UT. Mags. −2.5 and 0.6.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 8h UT (distance 405,583 km; angular size 29.5').
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Mercury 0.9° SE of Venus (19° from Sun, evening sky) at 10h UT. Mags. −0.6 and −4.2.
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New Moon at 17:39 UT. Start of lunation 1205.
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Moon, Mercury and Venus within a circle of diam. 4.4° (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. −0.4 and −4.2.
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Moon near Mercury (20° from Sun, evening sky) at 13h UT. Mag. −0.4.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Castor (evening sky) at 15h UT.
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Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 20h UT.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 21h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 12h UT.
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First Quarter Moon at 3:29 UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Standard Time = UT − 5 hours.
- US Pacific Standard Time = UT − 8 hours.
- Australian Eastern Summer Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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