|
2
|
Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 6h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
|
|
6
|
Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 3h UT.
|
|
6
|
Moon near Venus (17° from Sun, morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag. −4.3.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
|
|
6
|
Mercury at greatest elongation east (23° from Sun, evening sky) at 15h UT. Mag. −0.2.
|
|
7
|
New Moon at 16:02 UT. Start of lunation 1186.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
|
|
9
|
Mercury 1.8° N of Antares (23° from Sun, evening sky) at 12h UT. Mags. −0.1 and 1.0. Moon and Jupiter nearby.
|
|
11
|
Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. 0.6.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
|
|
14
|
Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 16h UT (distance 404,339 km; angular size 29.6').
|
|
14
|
Venus 1.3° East of Spica (28° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mags. −4.5 and 1.0.
|
|
15
|
First Quarter Moon at 14:53 UT.
|
|
16
|
Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 5h UT. Mag. −0.3.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
|
|
17
|
Leonid meteor shower peaks at 22h UT. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Produces very fast meteors (71 km/sec). Expect 10 to 15 meteors per hour under dark skies.
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
• Leonids Over Monument Valley (APOD)
|
|
23
|
Moon near the Pleiades (midnight sky) at 5h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
|
|
23
|
Full Moon at 5:40 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
|
|
23
|
Moon near Aldebaran (midnight sky) at 21h UT.
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
|
|
26
|
Jupiter at conjunction with the Sun at 7h UT. Passes into the morning sky (not visible).
|
|
26
|
Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 12:07 UT (366,620 km; angular size 32.6').
|
|
26
|
Moon near Castor (morning sky) at 18h UT.
|
|
26
|
Moon near Pollux (morning sky) at 23h UT.
|
|
27
|
Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 9h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky. Not visible.
|
|
27
|
Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 22h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
|
|
29
|
Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 11h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
|
|
30
|
Last Quarter Moon at 00:20 UT.
|
|
30
|
Venus at its brightest at 2h UT. Mag. −4.7.
|
|
|
|
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.
|
Back | Next 
