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Mars nearest to Earth at 2h UT. 81.45 million km.
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Moon near Jupiter at 4h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.6.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Uranus at 18h UT (evening sky). Mag. 5.7. Occultation visible from western Europe, the Middle East, and north Asia.
• Occultation of Uranus (IOTA)
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Moon near the Pleiades at 23h UT (evening sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran at 16h UT (midnight sky).
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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Full Moon at 4:09 UT.
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Moon near Mars at 5h UT (midnight sky). Mag. −1.9. Occultation visible from USA, Canada, Greenland and western Europe.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Mars at Opposition at 6h UT. Mag. −1.9.
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 13h UT (morning sky).
• Messier 35 (Wikipedia)
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11
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Moon near Castor at 2h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 8h UT (morning sky).
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12
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 0h UT (distance 405,869km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 12h UT (morning sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Venus at southernmost declination (−24.2°) at 2h UT.
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Moon near Regulus at 10h UT (morning sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Geminid Meteor Shower peaks in a broad maximum centred at 13h UT. Produces bright, medium-speed meteors at its peak (up to 80 meteors/hour). Most reliable meteor shower. Moonlight will interfere once the Moon rises.
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
• Geminids (NASA)
• Geminids of the North (APOD)
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Last Quarter Moon at 8:58 UT.
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18
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Moon near Spica at 18h UT (morning sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at greatest elongation east at 15h UT (20° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.5.
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December solstice at 21:48 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point farthest south of the celestial equator marking the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
• December Solstice (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Antares at 1h UT (morning sky).
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23
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New Moon at 10:17 UT. Start of lunation 1237.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 8:34 UT (distance 358,270km; angular size 33.4').
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Moon, Mercury and Venus within a circle of diameter 4.9° at 16h UT (about 18° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −0.3 and −3.9.
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Moon near Saturn at 19h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.8.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Mercury 1.4° N of Venus at 8h UT (evening sky). Mags. 0.4 and −3.9.
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Moon near Jupiter at 13h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.4.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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First Quarter Moon at 1:21 UT.
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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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