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Last Quarter Moon at 21:11 UT.
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Venus 0.35° NNE of Beehive cluster M44 (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 12h UT. Mag. −3.9.
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Mercury at greatest elongation west (22° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.5.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 405,341 km; angular size 29.5').
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Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 22h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016729 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
• Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com)
• Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
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Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 4h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran at 22h UT (morning sky).
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 1:17 UT. Start of lunation 1219.
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Moon near Castor at 8h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 13h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 15h UT. The Beehive is a lovely sight in binoculars.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon, Venus and Mars within a circle of diameter 3.6° (evening sky) at 12h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.8.
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Moon near Mars (29° from Sun, evening sky) at 13h UT. Mag. 1.8.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus at 9h UT (evening sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Venus 0.47° NNE of Mars (28° from Sun, evening sky) at 14h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.8.
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Mercury 2.2° S of star cluster M35 (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. Mag. −0.5.
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Moon near Spica at 10h UT (evening sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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First Quarter Moon at 10:10 UT.
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Moon near Antares at 15h UT (evening sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 10:24 UT (distance 364,521 km; angular size 32.8').
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Venus 1.1° NNE of Regulus (31° from Sun, evening sky) at 4h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.4.
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Full Moon at 2:36 UT.
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Moon near Saturn (midnight sky) at 19h UT. Mag. 0.2.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag. −2.8.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Mars 0.63° NNE of Regulus (23° from Sun, evening sky) at 2h UT. Mags. 1.8 and 1.4.
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Last Quarter Moon at 13:17 UT.
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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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