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Full Moon at 5:23 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 11h UT.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 0:21 UT (361,438 km; angular size 33.1').
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Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 1h UT. Occultation visible from east USA, Canada, Greenland, north Europe.
• Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA)
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Moon near Beehive cluster (morning sky) at 2 UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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10
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Last Quarter Moon at 20:37 UT.
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11
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Moon near Regulus (79° from Sun, morning sky) at 16h UT. Occultation visible from NE Asia and S Alaska.
• Occultation of Regulus (IOTA)
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Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Meteors often appear slow moving (28 km/sec) with the occasional very bright fireball.
• The Taurids (Gary Kronk)
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Mercury 2.2° N of Antares (20° from Sun, evening sky) at 22h UT. Mags. −0.3 and 1.0.
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Venus 0.26° NNE of Jupiter (14° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT. Mags. −3.9 and −1.7.
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag. 1.8.
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 20h UT.
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Moon, Venus and Jupiter within 4.9° circle (15° from Sun, morning sky) at 4h UT. Mags. −3.9 and −1.7.
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Leonid meteor shower peaks at 17h UT. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1533. Produces very fast meteors (71 km/sec). Expect 10 to 15 meteors per hour under dark skies.
• The Leonids (Gary Kronk)
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
• Leonids Over Monument Valley (APOD)
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18
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New Moon at 11:42 UT. Start of lunation 1174.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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20
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Moon near Mercury (22° from Sun, evening sky) at 11h UT.
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Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. 0.5.
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21
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 406,132 km; angular size 29.4').
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First Quarter Moon at 17:02 UT.
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Moon near Neptune (96° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. 7.9. Occultation visible from Antarctica.
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Mars 3.1° NNE of Spica (morning sky) at 23h UT. Mags. 1.7 and 1.0.
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- USA Eastern Standard Time = UT − 5 hours.
- Australian Eastern Summer Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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