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New Moon at 5:48 UT. Start of lunation 1226.
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Moon near Jupiter at 1h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.0.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Saturn at conjunction with the Sun at 19h UT. The ringed planet (not visible) passes into the morning sky.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Mars 0.2° from M22 (globular star cluster) at 9h UT (38° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.4 and 5.2.
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Moon near Uranus (82° from Sun, evening sky) at 21h UT. Occultation visible from Antarctica. Mag. +5.8.
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First Quarter Moon at 13:51 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades at 12h UT (evening sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Venus at its brightest at 14h UT. Mag. −4.7.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran at 7h UT (evening sky).
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 3h UT (distance 404,897 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 5h UT (evening sky).
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Venus shows greatest illuminated extent (337 square arc seconds) at 22h UT. Mag. −4.6
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Moon near Castor at 18h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 0h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 3h UT (evening sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Full Moon at 16:58 UT.
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Mercury at greatest elongation west at 21h UT (26° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.0.
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Moon near Regulus at 22h UT (midnight sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Spica at 0h UT (morning sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 22:33 UT.
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Moon near Antares at 8h UT (morning sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:39 UT (distance 367,789km; angular size 32.5').
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Moon near Venus at 7h UT (47° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.6.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mars at 11h UT (44° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 1.3.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mercury at 23h UT (24° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.1.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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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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