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2
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Venus 3.5° NNE of Spica at 8h UT (16° from Sun, morning sky). Mag −3.9.
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2
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Moon near Saturn at 9h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.9.
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5
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Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Sept 23 to Dec 8. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke.
• Taurids (Wikipedia)
• Southern Taurids (American Meteor Society)
• 2025 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (International Meteor Organization) |
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5
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Full Moon at 13:19 UT. Supermoon.
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5
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:40 UT (distance 356,833km; angular size 33.5').
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6
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Mercury at southernmost declination (−25.0°) at 11h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.1.
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6
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Moon near the Pleiades at 17h UT (morning sky).
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8
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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) at perihelion. Mag. 4.6.
• C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) (Wikipedia)
• C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) (Orbit & Observations)
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8
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Moon near M35 Cluster at 20h UT (morning sky).
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9
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Mercury 3.9° NW of Antares at 5h UT (24° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 0.4 and 1.0.
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10
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Moon near Castor at 2h UT (morning sky).
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10
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Moon near Pollux at 7h UT (morning sky).
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10
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Moon near Jupiter at 10h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.4.
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11
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Moon near Beehive Cluster (M44) at 8h UT (morning sky).
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12
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Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Oct 13 to Dec 2. Occasional bright fireball.
• Taurids (Wikipedia)
• Northern Taurids (American Meteor Society)
• 2025 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (International Meteor Organization) |
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12
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Last Quarter Moon at 5:28 UT.
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13
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Moon near Regulus at 1h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from Russia, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and north-eastern Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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13
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Mercury 1.2° SSW of Mars at 4h UT (15° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.3 and 1.4.
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17
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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 to 15 meteors/hour under dark skies.
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17
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Moon near Spica at 11h UT (morning sky).
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18
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Mars 4.0° N of Antares at 15h UT (14° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.4 and 1.0.
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19
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Moon near Venus at 5h UT (12° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −3.9.
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20
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 3h UT (distance 406,691km; angular size 29.4').
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20
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New Moon at 6:47 UT. Start of lunation 1273.
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20
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 9h UT. The innermost planet passes into the morning sky.
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21
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Moon near Antares at 8h UT (12° from Sun, evening sky).
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21
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Uranus at opposition at 12h UT. Mag. 5.6.
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28
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First Quarter Moon at 6:59 UT.
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29
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Moon near Saturn at 17h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.1.
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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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