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Venus 0.3° NNE of Beehive Cluster (M45) (25° from Sun, evening sky) at 22h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Pleiades (42° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran (34° from Sun, morning sky) at 5h UT.
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Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 15h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.016708 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
• Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com)
• Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
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Moon near Mars (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 12h UT. Mag. +1.5.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 1h UT (distance 406,490 km; angular size 29.4').
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New Moon at 7:15 UT. Start of lunation 1120.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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9
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 19h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky.
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Moon near Beehive Cluster (20° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
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10
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Moon near Venus (27° from Sun, evening sky) at 19h UT. Mag. -3.9.
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11
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 23h UT.
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16
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Moon very near Spica (89° from Sun, evening sky) at 2h UT. Occultation visible from west Central America, and northwest South America.
• Occultation of Spica (IOTA)
• Occultation of Spica (US Naval Observatory)
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16
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First Quarter Moon at 3:19 UT.
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17
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Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 0h UT. Mag. +0.6.
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 8h UT.
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21
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 20h UT (358,401 km; 33.3'). Perigee occurs 22 hours before Full Moon; high tides expected.
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22
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Mars 0.79° N of Jupiter (24° from Sun, morning sky) at 7h UT. Mags. +1.6 and -1.9.
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22
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Venus 1.1° NNE of Regulus (30° from Sun, evening sky) at 13h UT. Mags. -3.9 and +1.3.
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22
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Full Moon at 18:15 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 17:44 UT.
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30
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 20° west of Sun (morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag +0.3.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT - 4 hours.
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