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Moon near Spica at 10h UT (morning sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 23:19 UT.
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Moon near Antares at 2h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from central Asia.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
• Occultation of Antares (IOTA)
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Moon near Venus at 21h UT (29° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.0.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mars at 9h UT (23° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 1.3.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mercury at 0h UT (14° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.5.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 23:00 UT. Start of lunation 1251.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 18:52 UT (distance 358,088km; angular size 33.4').
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Moon near Saturn at 3h UT (16° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 1.0.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Neptune (33° from Sun, evening sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 7.9. Occultation visible from Antarctica.
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Moon near Jupiter at 7h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.3.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Uranus (82° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. 5.7.
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First Quarter Moon at 15:01 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades at 21h UT (evening sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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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 20h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 2h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 6h UT (evening sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Venus 0.62° N of Mars at 10h UT (26° from Sun, morning sky). Mags −3.9 and 1.3.
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Moon near Regulus at 3h UT (evening sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Full Moon at 12:30 UT.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 406,312km; angular size 29.4').
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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 8h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky.
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Moon near Spica at 16h UT (morning sky).
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Saturn at conjunction with the Sun at 21h UT. The ringed planet (not visible) passes into the morning sky.
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Leap Day.
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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 Daylight Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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