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Moon near Mercury (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 5h UT.
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First Quarter Moon at 19:21 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 18h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 15h UT.
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 5h UT. Mag. -2.6.
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Venus brightest at 23h UT. Mag. -4.6.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 5h UT (distance 406,231 km; angular size 29.4').
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14
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Full Moon at 23:54 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Beehive Cluster (evening sky) at 11h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus (midnight sky) at 8h UT.
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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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19
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 18h UT.
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19
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 22h UT. Mag. -0.2.
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Moon very near Saturn (100° from Sun, morning sky) at 22h UT. Mag. +0.5. Occultation visible along SE Africa, Madagascar, and Reunion Island.
• Occultation of Saturn (IOTA)
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Last Quarter Moon at 17:16 UT.
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23
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Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 3h UT.
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Moon very near Venus (44° from Sun, morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag. -4.6. Occultation visible from western Africa (nighttime) and during daytime from eastern Africa, India and Thailand.
• Occultation of Venus (IOTA)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 20h UT (360,440 km; angular size 33.2').
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Moon near Mercury (21° from Sun, evening sky) at 20h UT.
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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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