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Moon near Pollux at 4h UT (morning sky).
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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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Moon near Regulus at 5h UT (morning sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at greatest elongation east at 14h UT (21° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.4.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 404,346km; angular size 29.6').
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Last Quarter Moon at 5:51 UT.
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Moon near Spica at 17h UT (morning sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Venus at 15h UT (42° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.1.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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New Moon at 23:31 UT. Start of lunation 1249.
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Moon near Mercury at 6h UT (16° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.6.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Geminid Meteor Shower peaks in a broad maximum centred at 19h UT. Active December 4−17. Produces bright, medium-speed meteors at its peak (up to 80 meteors/hour). The best and most reliable of the major annual showers. A Moon-free sky will ensure ideal viewing conditions.
• Geminids (American Meteor Society)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 18:44 UT (distance 367,901km; angular size 32.5').
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Moon near Saturn at 1h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.9.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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First Quarter Moon at 18:39 UT.
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Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition at 12h UT. Mag. 6.4.
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December solstice at 3:28 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 Jupiter at 13h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.7.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 19h UT. The innermost planet passes into the morning sky.
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24
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Moon near the Pleiades at 10h UT (evening sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 20h UT (midnight sky).
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Full Moon at 0:33 UT.
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28
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Moon near Castor at 7h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 13h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 16h UT (morning 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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