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Mercury at greatest elongation east (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. 0.1.
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Full Moon at 21:06 UT.
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Venus 0.1° S of Regulus (morning sky) at 0h UT. Mags. −4.1 & 1.4.
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag. −2.5. Occultation visible from southern South America.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
• Occultation of Mars (IOTA)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 406,321 km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near the Pleiades at 6h UT (morning sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Mars nearest to Earth at 14h UT (62.1 million km).
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Moon near Aldebaran at 0h UT (morning sky).
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Last Quarter Moon at 0:40 UT.
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10
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Moon near Castor (morning sky) at 9h UT.
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10
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Moon near Pollux (morning sky) at 14h UT.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (71° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 6h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Mars at opposition at 23h UT. Mag. −2.6. The brightest the red planet will appear till 2035.
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Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. −4.0.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 19:31 UT. Start of lunation 1210.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 23:57 UT (distance 356,912 km; angular size 33.5').
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Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 23h UT.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Orionid meteor shower peaks at 23h 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 nights of Oct 20-21.
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 18h UT. Mag. −2.2.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 5h UT. Mag. 0.6.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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23
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First Quarter Moon at 13:23 UT.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 18h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky.
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 19h UT. Mag. −2.2.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 406,394 km; angular size 29.4').
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Full Moon at 14:50 UT.
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Uranus at opposition at 16h UT. Mag. 5.7.
• Uranus (Wikipedia)
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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 Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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