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Venus 4.1° N of Aldebaran (30° from Sun, morning sky) at 19h UT. Mags. -3.9 and +0.9.
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 22h UT.
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Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 0h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.016682 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
• Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com)
• Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
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First Quarter Moon at 12:00 UT.
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Moon very near Mars (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. +0.1. Occultation visible from northern South America and southern Central America.
• Occultation of Mars (IOTA)
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Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 6h UT.
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Moon, Mars and Spica within circle diameter 3.8° (evening sky) at 8h UT. Mags. +0.1 and +1.0.
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Moon very near Saturn (evening sky) at 2h UT. Mag. +0.4. Occultation visible from southern South America.
• Occultation of Saturn (IOTA)
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 18h UT.
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Full Moon at 11:26 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 21° west of Sun (morning sky) at 18h UT. Mag +0.5.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 8h UT (358,260 km; angular size 33.4').
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Mars 1.3° NNE of Spica (92° from Sun, evening sky) at 4h UT. Mags. +0.2 and +1.0.
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Mercury 6.2° ESE of Venus (20° and 26° from Sun, morning sky) at 19h UT. Mags. -0.1 and -3.9.
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Last Quarter Moon at 2:09 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 16h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 12h UT.
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Moon near Venus (24° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT. Mag. -3.9.
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Jupiter at conjunction with the Sun at 21h UT. Passes into the morning sky (not visible).
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New Moon at 22:42 UT. Start of lunation 1133.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 3h UT (distance 406,567 km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 4h UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT - 4 hours.
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