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3
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Last Quarter Moon at 19:51 UT.
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3
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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.7.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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5
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −2.2.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks at 19h UT. Most active for 7 days around this date. Associated with Comet Halley. Very fast, bright meteors, up to 40 per hour.
Favors skywatchers in the tropics and southern hemisphere observing a few hours before dawn.
• Eta Aquariids (Wikipedia)
• 2021 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (IMO)
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11
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New Moon at 19:00 UT. Start of lunation 1217.
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11
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 22h UT (distance 406,512 km; angular size 29.4').
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12
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Moon near the Pleiades at 15h UT (9° from Sun, evening sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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12
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Moon near Venus (12° from Sun, evening sky) at 23h UT. Mag. −3.9.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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13
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Moon near Aldebaran at 9h UT (evening sky).
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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13
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Moon near Mercury (22° from Sun, evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.1.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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16
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Moon near Mars (48° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. 1.7.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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16
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Moon near Castor at 20h UT (evening sky).
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17
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Moon near Pollux at 1h UT (evening sky).
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17
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Venus 5.8° N of Aldebaran at 4h UT (15° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −3.9 and 0.9.
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17
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Mercury at greatest elongation east (22° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. 0.5
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18
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 4h UT. The Beehive is lovely sight in binoculars.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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19
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First Quarter Moon at 19:12 UT.
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19
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Moon near Regulus at 22h UT (evening sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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23
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Moon near Spica at 19h UT (evening sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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26
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 1:46 UT (distance 357,311 km; angular size 33.4').
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26
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Full Moon at 11:14 UT. Perigee only 9.5 hours earlier.
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26
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Total Eclipse of the Moon begins at 11:11 UT and ends at 11:26 UT. Mid-eclipse at 11:20 UT. Partial phases begin at 9:45 UT and end at 12:52 UT. During totality the Moon will turn red-orange in color as it passes into the Earth's shadow. Light passing through the Earth's atmosphere scatters into red colors (same as sunset/sunrise) and reflects off the lunar surface.
• Total Lunar Eclipse of 2021 May 26 (PDF) (NASA)
• Eclipses of the Moon (Mr Eclipse)
• NASA Lunar Eclipse Page (NASA)
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26
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Moon near Antares at 20h UT (midnight sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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29
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Mercury 0.40° SE of Venus (17° from Sun, evening sky) at 4h UT. Mags. 2.3 and −3.9.
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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. 0.6.
• Saturn (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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