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Moon near Saturn at 5h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.2. Take the opportunity to view Saturn and its almost edge-on rings before it disappears into the evening twilight at the end of the month.
Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Venus at 23h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.6.
Venus (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 2:40 UT (distance 367,457km; angular size 32.5').
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5
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First Quarter Moon at 8:03 UT.
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6
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Moon near the Pleiades at 8h UT (evening sky).
The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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7
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Moon near Jupiter at 3h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.5.
Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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8
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 16h UT (evening sky).
Messier 35 (Wikipedia)
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9
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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 12h UT (not visible). The innermost planet passes into the evening sky.
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9
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Moon near Mars at 18h UT (evening sky). Mag. −0.8. Occultation visible from parts of Russia, China, eastern Canada and Greenland.
Mars (Wikipedia)
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10
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Moon near Castor at 0h UT (evening sky).
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10
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Moon near Pollux at 6h UT (evening sky).
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10
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Mars at northernmost declination (26.2°) at 16h UT (evening sky).
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11
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 8h UT (evening sky).
Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
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12
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Full Moon at 13:53 UT.
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13
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Moon near Regulus at 3h UT (midnight sky).
Regulus (Wikipedia)
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14
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Venus shows greatest illuminated extent (334 square arc seconds) at 22h UT.
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16
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Venus at its brightest at 9h UT (39.7° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −4.63.
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17
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Moon near Spica at 13h UT (morning sky).
Spica (Wikipedia)
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18
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 1h UT (distance 404,882km; angular size 29.5').
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20
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Last Quarter Moon at 17:33 UT.
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21
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Moon near Antares at 10h UT (83° from Sun, morning sky).
Antares (Wikipedia)
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28
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New Moon at 00:46 UT. Start of lunation 1264.
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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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