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February 2026 Sky

  • Posted by ocadsite
  • On January 29, 2026
Full Moon at 22:09 UT. 3 Moon near Regulus at 5h UT (morning sky). 7 Moon near Spica at 8h UT (morning sky). 9 Last Quarter Moon at 12:44 UT. 10 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 404,576km; angular size 29.5'). 11 Moon near Antares at 5h UT ( morning sky).
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January 2026 Sky

  • Posted by ocadsite
  • On January 1, 2026
Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21:39 UT (distance 360,348km; angular size 33.2'). 2 Moon near M35 Cluster at 18h UT (evening sky). 3 Full Moon at 10:03 UT. 3 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 17h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983302 a.u. (147.1 million kilometers).
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December 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On December 6, 2025
4 Moon, Uranus and the Pleiades within 5.0° circle at 1h UT (evening sky). Mag. 5.6. Near Full Moon. 4 Moon near the Pleiades at 4h UT (evening sky). 4 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11:11 UT (distance 356,963km; angular size 33.5'). 4 Full Moon at 23:14 UT. Supermoon.
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November 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On November 2, 2025
2 Venus 3.5° NNE of Spica at 8h UT (16° from Sun, morning sky). Mag −3.9. 2 Moon near Saturn at 9h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.9. 5 Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Sept 23 to Dec 8. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke. • Taurids (Wikipedia) • Southern
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October 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On October 1, 2025
2 Dwarf planet 1 Ceres at opposition at 4h UT. Mag. 7.6. 3 Mercury 1.7° NNE of Spica at 0h UT (14° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −0.4 and 1.0. 4 International Observe the Moon Night Join the global celebration: moon.nasa.gov/observe 6 Moon near Saturn
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September 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On September 12, 2025
1 Venus 1.2° South of Beehive Cluster (M44) at 4h UT (morning sky). Mag. −4.0. 7 Total Lunar Eclipse begins at 17:31 UT and ends at 18:53 UT. Greatest eclipse at 18:12 UT. Partial phases begin at 16:27 UT and end at 19:56 UT. During totality the Moon will appear red- orange in color
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August 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On August 1, 2025
1 First Quarter Moon at 12:40 UT. 1 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 21h UT (distance 404,161km; angular size 29.6'). 4 Moon near Antares at 0h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica, southern Argentina, southern Chile and Falkland Islands. • Lunar occultation
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June 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On June 4, 2025
1 Venus at westernmost elongation at 3h UT (46° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.3. 1 Moon near Mars at 12h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.3. 1 Venus at dichotomy (D-shape) at 22h UT (morning sky). • Dichotomy (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Regulus at 4h UT (evening sky). 3 First Quarter Moon at 3:41
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May 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On May 17, 2025
1 Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition at 12h UT. Mag. 5.7. 1 Moon near M35 Cluster at 12h UT (51° from Sun, evening sky). 2 Moon near Castor at 19h UT (evening sky). 3 Moon near Pollux at 1h UT (evening sky). 4 Moon, Mars and Beehive Cluster (M44) within circle 2.6° diameter at 1h UT (evening sky).
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April 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On April 4, 2025
Moon near the Pleiades at 22h UT (evening sky). 2 Moon near Jupiter at 23h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.1. 4 Moon near M35 star cluster at 4h UT (evening sky). 5 First Quarter Moon at 2:16 UT. 5 Moon near Castor at 12h UT (evening sky). 5 Moon near Pollux at 17h UT (evening sky). 5 Moon near Mars at 21h UT
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