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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 16h UT (morning sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Mercury 1.5° SSW of Spica at 10h UT (15° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.9 and 1.0.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus at 10h UT (morning sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 11:05 UT. Start of lunation 1222.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 17:28 UT (distance 363,386 km; angular size 32.9').
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 16h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky.
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9
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Moon near Venus at 21h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.2.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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10
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Moon near Antares at 9h UT (evening sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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13
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First Quarter Moon at 3:26 UT.
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14
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Moon near Saturn at 9h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.5.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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15
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Moon near Jupiter at 13h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.6.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Venus 1.4° NNE of Antares at 21h UT (47° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.3 and 1.0.
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Full Moon at 14:56 UT.
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Orionid meteor shower peaks at 5h 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. Visibility is reduced due to bright moonlight this year.
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
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Moon near the Pleiades at 10h UT (morning sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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24
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Moon near Aldebaran at 4h UT (morning sky).
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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24
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 405,615 km; angular size 29.5').
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Mercury at greatest elongation west at 5h UT (18° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.5.
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Moon near Castor at 16h UT (morning sky).
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27
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Moon near Pollux at 21h UT (morning sky).
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Venus at dichotomy (D-shape phase) at 14h UT (evening sky).
• Drawings of Venus at Dichotomy (BAA)
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28
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Last Quarter Moon at 20:06 UT.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 0h UT (morning sky).
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Venus at greatest elongation east at 21h UT (47° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −4.4.
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Moon near Regulus at 19h UT (morning sky).
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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 Daylight Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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