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Venus at greatest elongation, 47° east of Sun (evening sky) at 8h UT. Mag. +4.4.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 20h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky. Not visible.
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Moon very near Spica (16° from Sun, morning sky) at 5h UT. Occultation visible from eastern Europe.
• Occultation of Spica (US Naval Observatory)
• Occultation of Spica (IOTA)
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New Moon at 12:48 UT. Start of lunation 1124.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Total Solar Eclipse from 11:05 to 14:28 UT, greatest eclipse at 12:48 UT. Totality visible along a narrow path between North Atlantic (sunrise) and equatorial Africa (sunset).
Partial eclipse in most of Africa, NE South America, southern Europe, and east coast North America.
• Annular/Total Solar Eclipse of 2013 November 3 (NASA)
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 12h UT.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 9h UT (365,361 km; angular size 32.7').
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Moon near Venus (47° from Sun, evening sky) at 0h UT. Mag. -4.5.
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First Quarter Moon at 5:58 UT.
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Taurid (north) meteor shower peaks. Active between 20 Oct and 10 Dec. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke. May produce the occasional bright fireball.
• The Taurids (Gary Kronk)
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
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Full Moon at 15:15 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Leonid meteor shower peaks at 10h and 16h UT. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1533. Expect up to 15 meteors per hour under dark skies. Unfavorable this year due to strong moonlight.
• The Leonids (Gary Kronk)
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
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Moon near the Pleiades (midnight sky) at 0h UT.
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 20° west of Sun (morning sky) at 2h UT. Mag. -0.5.
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Comet ISON 0.4° N of Spica (32° from Sun, morning sky) at 2h UT.
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Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 21h UT.
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag. -2.5.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 405,443 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Beehive Cluster (morning sky) at 16h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 13h UT.
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Last Quarter Moon at 19:29 UT.
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. +1.3.
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Comet ISON at perihelion at 23h UT.
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Moon very near Spica (morning sky) at 19h UT. Occultation visible in Alaska.
• Occultation of Spica (US Naval Observatory)
• Occultation of Spica (IOTA)
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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