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Venus 4.1° N of Aldebaran at 10h UT (30° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −3.9 and 0.9.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 17h UT (evening sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Regulus at 14h UT (evening sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 7h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016715 a.u. or about 152.1 million km.
• Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com)
• Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
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First Quarter Moon at 2:14 UT.
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Moon near Spica at 20h UT (evening sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Antares at 2h UT (evening sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 9:04 UT (distance 357,264km; angular size 33.4').
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Full Moon at 18:37 UT.
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Moon near Saturn at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.5.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 19h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky.
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Moon near Jupiter at 4h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.6.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Pluto at opposition at 17h UT. Mag 14.3.
• Pluto (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 14:18 UT.
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Moon near Mars at 17h UT (78° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.3. Occultation visible from NW Asia and Japan.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Uranus at 7h UT (71° from Sun, morning sky). Occultation visible from E South America and NW Africa. Mag. 5.8.
• Uranus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near the Pleiades at 7h UT (morning sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran at 1h UT (morning sky).
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 23h UT (31° from Sun, morning sky).
• Messier 35 (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 406,275km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near Venus at 15h UT (morning sky). Mag. −3.9.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 17:54 UT. Start of lunation 1232.
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Moon near Mercury at 1h UT (14° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.7.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus at 19h UT (evening 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 Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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