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Mercury 4.1° NNE of Spica at 7h UT (16° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −0.8 and 1.0.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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3
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Moon near Spica at 17h UT (17° from Sun, morning sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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3
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Moon near Mercury at 20h UT (15° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.9.
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4
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New Moon at 21:14 UT. Start of lunation 1223.
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5
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Uranus at opposition at 0h UT. Mag. 5.6.
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5
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:28 UT (distance 358,844 km; angular size 33.3').
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6
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Venus at southernmost declination (−27.2°) at 16h UT.
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6
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Moon near Antares at 18h UT (evening sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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8
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Moon near Venus at 6h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.5.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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10
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Moon near Saturn at 17h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.6.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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11
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First Quarter Moon at 12:47 UT.
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11
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Moon near Jupiter at 21h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.4.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Leonid meteor shower peaks at 10h 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. Bright moonlight will interfere with visual observations.
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
• Leonids Over Monument Valley (APOD)
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19
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Full Moon at 8:58 UT.
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19
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Partial Eclipse of the Moon from 7:19 to 10:47 UT, mid-eclipse at 9:03 UT. Visible from the Americas, northern Europe, east Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
• NASA Lunar Eclipses: 2021-2030 (NASA)
• Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2021 November 19 (PDF) (NASA)
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19
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Moon near the Pleiades at 17h UT (midnight sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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20
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Moon near Aldebaran at 11h UT (morning sky).
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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21
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 406,279 km; angular size 29.4').
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22
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Moon at northernmost declination (26.3°) in 2021 at 23h UT.
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23
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Moon near Castor at 23h UT (morning sky).
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24
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Moon near Pollux at 4h UT (morning sky).
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25
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 8h UT (morning sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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26
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Dwarf planet 1 Ceres at opposition at 21h UT. Mag. 7.2.
• Ceres (dwarf planet) (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus at 3h UT (morning sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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27
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Last Quarter Moon at 12:29 UT.
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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 4h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening 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 Daylight Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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