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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 5h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky.
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Venus 3.6° W of Mars at 8h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.5 and 1.7.
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Moon near Antares at 9h UT (evening sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Full Moon at 11:39 UT.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:31 UT (distance 360,149km; angular size 33.2').
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Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 20h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016681 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
• Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com)
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Moon near Saturn at 6h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.8.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Venus at its brightest at 18h UT. Mag. −4.5.
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Last Quarter Moon at 1:48 UT.
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Venus, Mars and Regulus within circle 4.7° diameter at 7h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.5, 1.7 and 1.4.
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Mars 0.6° NNE of Regulus at 18h UT (42° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.7 and 1.4.
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Moon near Jupiter at 21h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.3.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Pleiades at 9h UT (morning sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 22h UT (21° from Sun, morning sky).
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Venus 3.5° WSW of Regulus at 18h UT (35° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.5 and 1.4.
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New Moon at 18:32 UT. Start of lunation 1244.
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Moon near Mercury at 12h UT (evening sky). Mag. −0.4.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 7h UT (distance 406,289km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near Venus at 15h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.4.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus at 19h UT (evening sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mars at 8h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.8.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Pluto at opposition at 19h UT. Mag. 14.4. Requires at least a 10-inch telescope and a very dark sky to view.
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Moon near Spica at 7h UT (evening sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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First Quarter Moon at 22:07 UT.
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Venus, Mercury and Regulus within circle 5.3° diameter at 8h UT (25° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.3, −0.1 and 1.4.
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Mercury 5.1° NNE of Venus at 12h UT (evening sky). Mags. −0.1 and −4.3.
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Moon near Antares at 19h UT (evening sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Mercury 0.1° S of Regulus at 1h UT (evening sky). Mags. 0.0 and 1.4.
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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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