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Moon near the Pleiades at 20h UT (morning sky).
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Venus very near Regulus at 16h UT (morning sky).
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5
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Mercury at superior conjunction at 18h UT (not visible). The elusive planet passes into the evening sky.
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Moon at apogee (furthest from Earth) at 22h UT (distance 404,326 km; angular size 29.6').
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Last Quarter Moon at 10:12 UT.
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Moon near Saturn at 12h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Beehive cluster at 10h UT (morning sky).
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10
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Moon near Venus at 22h UT (morning sky).
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12
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Moon near Jupiter at 21h UT (morning sky).
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14
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Partial Eclipse of the Sun at 2:47 UT visible from parts of Asia (Japan, Korea, Manchuria), Siberia, and western Alaska (near sunset on the 13th).
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14
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New Moon at 2:48 UT. Beginning of lunation 1012.
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17
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Moon near Antares at 14h UT (evening sky).
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18
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 0h UT (distance 367,758 km; angular size 32.5').
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20
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First Quarter Moon at 21:59 UT.
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21
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Orionid meteor shower peaks. Arises from the debris field of Comet Halley. Active from October 2 to November 7. Produces very fast (66 km/sec), generally faint meteors (20 per hour). Observe in the pre-dawn hours of 20-21 October; radiant is located near Orion's "club" asterism.
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Total Eclipse of the Moon begins at 2:23 UT and ends at 3:45 UT (mid-eclipse at 3:04 UT). Partial eclipse begins and ends at 1:14 and 4:54 UT, respectively. For skywatchers in North and South America the event begins early Wednesday evening, October 27th. Totality will also be visible from Europe, Iceland, and the western two-thirds of Africa. The Moon will appear red-orange in color (the Earth's shadow) during totality.
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Full Moon at 3:07 UT. The full Moon of October, as the first full Moon after the Harvest Moon, is called the "Hunter's Moon".
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Moon near the Pleiades at 3h UT (morning sky).
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All times Universal Time (UT). (USA Eastern Daylight Time = UT 4 hours)
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