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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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March 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On March 1, 2025
1 Moon near Mercury at 5h UT (16° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −1.0. 1 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21:20 UT (distance 361,964km; angular size 33.0'). 2 Moon near Venus at 5h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.6. 5 Moon near the Pleiades at 14h UT (evening sky). 6 Moon near Jupiter at 11h
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February 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On February 8, 2025
1 Moon near Saturn at 5h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.2. Take the opportunity to view Saturn and its almost edge-on rings before it disappears into the evening twilight at the end of the month. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 1 Moon near Venus at 23h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.6. • Venus (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at
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January 2025 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On January 1, 2025
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December 2024 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On December 1, 2024
1 New Moon at 6:21 UT. Start of lunation 1261. 3 Mars 2.1° NNW of Beehive Cluster (M44) at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. −0.6. 5 Moon near Venus at 1h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.2. • Venus (Wikipedia) 6 Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 2h UT. The innermost planet passes
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November 2024 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On November 3, 2024
1 New Moon at 12:47 UT. Start of lunation 1260. 3 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) 4 Moon near Antares at 2h UT (28° from Sun, evening
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October 2024 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On October 1, 2024
2 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)
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September 2024 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On September 1, 2024
1 Moon near Mercury at 14h UT (17° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.5. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 3 New Moon at 1:56 UT. Start of lunation 1258. 5 Mercury at greatest elongation west at 2h UT (18° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.2. 5 Moon near Venus at 10h UT (25° from Sun,
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August 2024 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On August 2, 2024
1 Moon near M35 star cluster at 8h UT (morning sky). 2 Moon near Castor at 18h UT (morning sky). 3 Moon near Pollux at 0h UT (morning sky). 4 New Moon at 11:13 UT. Start of lunation 1257. 4 Mars 4.9° N of Aldebaran at 14h UT (morning sky). Mags. 0.9 and 0.9. 5 Venus 1.0° NNE of Regulus at 6h UT (17°
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