2
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Moon near Saturn (34° from Sun, evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. +0.5.
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3
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Moon near Venus (38° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. -4.0.
Crescent Moon and Venus (APOD)
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6
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Moon near Mars at 11h UT. Mag. +0.4.
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7
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First Quarter Moon at 19:51 UT.
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12
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Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Meteors often appear slow moving (28 km/sec) with the occasional very bright fireball.
The Taurids (Gary Kronk)
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14
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11:30 UT (356,509 km; angular size 33.5'). Closest since 1948. Perigee only 2.4 hours before Full Moon.
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14
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Full Moon at 13:52 UT. Super Moon!
Supermoon (Wikipedia)
Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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15
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Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 2h UT.
The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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15
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Moon very near Aldebaran (163° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT. Occultation visible from Central Asia.
Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA)
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17
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Leonid meteor shower peaks. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1533. Produces very fast meteors (71 km/sec). Expect 10 to 15 meteors per hour under dark skies. Best observed pre-dawn hours of 17 Nov. Moonlight interferes.
The Leonids (Gary Kronk)
Meteor Shower Calendar PDF (IMO)
Leonids Over Monument Valley (APOD)
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18
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Moon near Castor (morning sky) at 12h UT.
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18
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Moon near Pollux (morning sky) at 17h UT.
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19
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Mercury 2.8° NNE of Antares (13° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. -0.5 and +1.0.
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19
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Moon near Beehive cluster (morning sky) at 17h UT.
Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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21
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Last Quarter Moon at 8:33 UT.
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21
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 10h UT.
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23
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Mercury 3.4° S of Saturn (15° from Sun, evening sky) at 16h UT. Mags. -0.5 and +0.5.
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25
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag. -1.8.
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25
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 19h UT.
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27
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 20h UT (distance 406,554 km; angular size 29.4').
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29
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New Moon at 12:18 UT. Start of lunation 1162.
Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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