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3
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 7h UT.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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3
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 22h UT. Mag. −2.0.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Venus 2.9° NNE of Spica (14° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.0.
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5
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First Quarter Moon at 16:47 UT.
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5
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Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 21h UT. Mag. 0.5. Occultation visible from southern Africa.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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10
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 18h UT (distance 405,899 km; angular size 29.4').
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13
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Full Moon at 21:10 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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17
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Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 5h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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17
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Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 22h UT.
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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20
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Mercury at greatest elongation east (25° from Sun, evening sky) at 4h UT. Mag. −0.1.
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21
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Moon near Castor (morning sky) at 2h UT.
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21
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Moon near Pollux (morning sky) at 7h UT.
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21
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Last Quarter Moon at 12:40 UT.
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21
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Orionid meteor shower peaks at 17h UT. Arises from the debris field of Comet Halley. Active from October 2 to November 7. Produces very fast (67 km/sec), generally faint meteors (20 per hour). Radiant located near Orion's club asterism.
Best observed after midnight on night of Oct 21-22.
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
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22
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 6h UT.
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23
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 20h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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26
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 10:42 UT (361,311 km; angular size 33.1').
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26
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Moon near Mars (18° from Sun, morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. 1.8.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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28
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New Moon at 3:39 UT. Start of lunation 1198.
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28
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Uranus at opposition at 8h UT. Mag. 5.7.
• Uranus (Wikipedia)
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29
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Moon near Venus (20° from Sun, evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. −3.9. Elusive Mercury (Mag. 0.2) is 3.0° South of Venus.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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30
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 17h UT.
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Mercury 2.6° SSW of Venus (21° from Sun, evening sky) at 5h UT. Mags. 0.5 and −3.9.
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31
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 15h UT. Mag. −1.9.
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
- US Pacific Daylight Time = UT − 7 hours.
- Australian Eastern Summer Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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