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Annular Solar Eclipse from 16:50 to 20:39 UT with greatest eclipse at 18:45 UT. Path of annularity extends across southern Chile and southern Argentina. Partial eclipse in the Pacific Ocean and southern South America.
• Annular Solar Eclipse of 2024 October 2 (GIF) (NASA)
• Annular Solar Eclipse (Live Stream) (Time & Date)
• Solar Eclipses: 2021 - 2040 (Mr Eclipse)
• NASA Solar Eclipse Page (NASA)
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New Moon at 18:49 UT. Start of lunation 1259.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 20h UT (distance 406,516km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near Venus at 19h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.0.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Antares at 17h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Saint Helena and S. Namibia.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
• Occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky)
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Moon at southernmost declination (−28.7°) in 2024 at 12h UT.
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First Quarter Moon at 18:55 UT.
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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) emerges above the western horizon in the evening sky.
• C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (Wikipedia) |
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Moon near Saturn at 16h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.8. Occultation visible from parts of Asia and Africa.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
• Occultation of Saturn (In-The-Sky)
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Moon near Neptune at 15h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Asia, Russia and NE Africa. Mag. 7.8.
• Neptune (Wikipedia)
• Occultation of Neptune (In-The-Sky)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 00:59 UT (distance 357,175km; angular size 33.4'). Only 10.5 hours before Full Moon.
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Full Moon at 11:27 UT. Supermoon.
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Moon near the Pleiades at 21h UT (morning sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Orionid meteor shower peaks. Arises from the debris field of Comet Halley. Active from October 2 to November 7. Produces very fast (67 km/sec), generally faint meteors (10−20 per hour). Radiant located near Orion’s club asterism.
• Orionids (American Meteor Society)
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
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Moon near Jupiter at 8h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.6.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 4h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Castor at 12h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 18h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Mars at 22h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.2.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 8:04 UT.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 21h UT (morning sky).
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Venus 3.0° NNE of Antares at 7h UT (37° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.0 and 1.0.
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Moon near Regulus at 17h UT (64° from Sun, morning sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 23h UT (distance 406,161km; angular size 29.4').
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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 Daylight Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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