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Moon very near Spica (109° from Sun, morning sky) at 2h UT. Occultation visible in Madagascar and southern Africa.
• Occultation of Spica (US Naval Observatory)
• Occultation of Spica (IOTA)
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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 7h UT. Mag. +0.5.
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Last Quarter Moon at 13:57 UT.
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Moon near Antares (67° from Sun, morning sky) at 6h UT.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 12h UT (365,318 km; 32.7').
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Mercury 0.27° NNW of Mars (15° from Sun, evening sky) at 18h UT. Mags. -1.0 & +1.2.
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Moon near Venus (12° from Sun, morning sky) at 10h UT. Mag. -3.9.
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10
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New Moon at 7:22 UT. Start of lunation 1115.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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11
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Moon near Mars (15° from Sun, evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. +1.2.
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11
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Moon near Mercury (17° from Sun, evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. -0.9.
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 18° east of Sun (evening sky) at 21h UT. Mag. -0.5.
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17
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First Quarter Moon at 20:30 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 22h UT.
• Pleiades (star cluster) (Wikipedia)
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Moon very near Jupiter (evening sky) at 12h UT. Occultation visible in southern Australia. Mag. -2.4. [Sky Maps]
• Occultation of Jupiter (US Naval Observatory)
• Occultation of Jupiter (IOTA)
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Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 20h UT.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 6h UT (distance 404,472 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) (evening sky) at 13h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
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25
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Moon near Regulus (midnight sky) at 6h UT.
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25
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Full Moon at 20:28 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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The Zodiacal Light is caused by sunlight reflected off meteoric dust in the plane of the solar system. Choose a clear, moonless night, about 1-2 hours after sunset, and look for a large triangular-shaped glow extending up from the horizon (along the ecliptic). The best months to view the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic is almost vertical at the horizon: March and April (evening) and October-November (morning); times reversed for the southern hemisphere.
• Zodiacal Light (Wikipedia)
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
• Photographing the Zodiacal Light (Weatherscapes)
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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