2
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Moon near the Pleiades at 12h UT (morning sky).
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3
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Moon near Aldebaran at 6h UT (morning sky).
Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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6
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Moon near Castor at 15h UT (morning sky).
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6
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Moon near Pollux at 20h UT (morning sky).
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7
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 22h UT.
Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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8
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Last Quarter Moon at 13:46 UT.
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9
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Moon near Regulus at 14h UT (morning sky).
Regulus (Wikipedia)
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10
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Mercury at greatest elongation west (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT. Mag. −0.5.
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13
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Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −4.0.
Venus (Wikipedia)
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13
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Moon near Spica at 8h UT (morning sky).
Spica (Wikipedia)
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13
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Moon near Mercury at 23h UT (19° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.7.
Mercury (Wikipedia)
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14
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11:49 UT (distance 357,837 km; angular size 33.4').
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15
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New Moon at 5:08 UT. Start of lunation 1211.
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16
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Venus 3.8° NNE of Spica (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mags. −4.0 and 1.0.
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17
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Leonid meteor shower peaks at 11h UT. Arises from debris ejected by Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Produces very fast meteors (71 km/sec). Expect 10−15 meteors per hour under dark skies.
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19
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. −2.1.
Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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19
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Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. 0.6.
Saturn (Wikipedia)
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22
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First Quarter Moon at 4:45 UT.
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26
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Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −1.5.
Mars (Wikipedia)
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27
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 0h UT (distance 405,894 km; angular size 29.4').
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29
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Moon near the Pleiades at 19h UT (midnight sky).
The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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30
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Penumbral Lunar Eclipse from 7:32 to 11:53 UT, mid-eclipse at 9:43 UT. Best seen at mid-eclipse. Visible worldwide except from Africa, Europe, and far western Asia.
NASA Lunar Eclipse Page (NASA)
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2020 November 30 (PDF) (NASA)
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30
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Full Moon at 9:31 UT.
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30
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Moon near Aldebaran at 12h UT (midnight sky).
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Standard Time = UT − 5 hours.
- US Pacific Standard Time = UT − 8 hours.
- Australian Eastern Summer Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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