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New Moon at 12:47 UT. Start of lunation 1260.
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Moon near Mercury at 7h UT (19° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.3. Use the Moon to help find the elusive planet Mercury.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Antares at 2h UT (28° from Sun, evening sky). Occultation visible from Easter Island.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
• Occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky)
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Moon near Venus at 0h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.0.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Sept 23 to Dec 8. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke.
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First Quarter Moon at 5:55 UT.
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Mercury 2.0° N of Antares at 11h UT (22° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −0.3 and 1.0.
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Moon near Saturn at 2h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.9. Occultation visible from Central America.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
• Occultation of Saturn (In-The-Sky)
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Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Oct 13 to Dec 2. Occasional bright fireball.
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Moon near Neptune at 0h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from USA, E. Canada and Greenland. Mag. 7.8.
• Neptune (Wikipedia)
• Occultation of Neptune (In-The-Sky)
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Venus at southernmost declination (−25.6°) at 4h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.1.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11:19 UT (distance 360,109km; angular size 33.2').
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Full Moon at 21:28 UT.
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Mercury at greatest elongation east at 8h UT (23° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.3.
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Moon near the Pleiades at 8h UT (midnight sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Leonid meteor shower peaks. Arises from debris ejected by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. Produces very fast meteors (70 km/sec). Expect 10−15 meteors/hour under dark skies. Moonlight interferes this year.
• Leonids (American Meteor Society)
• Leonids Over Monument Valley (APOD)
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Uranus at opposition at 2h UT. Mag. 5.6.
• Uranus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Jupiter at 15h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.8.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 14h UT (morning sky).
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Mercury at southernmost declination (−25.5°) at 6h UT (evening sky). Mag. −0.2.
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Moon near Castor at 21h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 3h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Mars at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. −0.3.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Moon, Mars and Beehive cluster M44 within circle 3.7° diameter at 1h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 5h UT (morning sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Regulus at 0h UT (morning sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 1:29 UT.
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Mars at northernmost declination (21.2°) at 14h UT (morning sky). Mag. −0.3.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 12h UT (distance 405,314km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Spica at 11h UT (42° from Sun, morning sky). Occultation visible from the Contiguous United States, E. Canada and NW Bahamas.
• Spica (Wikipedia)
• Occultation of Spica (In-The-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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