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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is closest to Earth (42 million km) and at its brightest. Use binoculars or a telescope to see the comet which is best placed for northern hemisphere observers on this date. The sky map shows the comet's position at 0h UT on other dates.
• See Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) (Sky & Telescope)
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 1h UT (evening sky).
• Messier 35 (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Castor at 15h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 21h UT (evening sky).
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 406,476km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 1h UT (midnight sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Full Moon at 18:30 UT.
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Moon near Regulus at 23h UT (morning sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) near Mars (see sky map). Requires binoculars or a telescope.
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Moon near Spica at 9h UT (morning sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 16:02 UT.
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Moon near Antares at 20h UT (morning sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Venus 0.03° E of Neptune at 13h UT (28° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.0 and 8.0.
• Neptune (Wikipedia)
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Saturn at conjunction with the Sun at 17h UT. The ringed planet (not visible) passes into the morning sky.
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Moon near Mercury at 23h UT (19° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.2.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 8:57 UT (distance 358,267km; angular size 33.4').
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New Moon at 7:08 UT. Start of lunation 1239.
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Moon near Venus at 10h UT (29° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −4.0. Look out for this spectacular sight!
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Jupiter at 0h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.1. Occultation visible from Argentina, Antarctica, Chile and Falkland Islands.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
• Lunar Occultation of Jupiter (In-the-Sky)
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Moon near the Pleiades at 17h UT (evening sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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First Quarter Moon at 8:05 UT.
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Moon near Mars at 5h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.4. Occultation visible from eastern Greenland, Svalbard, western Russia and Jan Mayen.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
• Lunar Occultation of Mars (In-the-Sky)
• Occultations of Mars in 2023 (IOTA)
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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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