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August 2026 Sky

  • Posted by ocadsite
  • On August 3, 2026
2 Mercury at westernmost elongation at 8h UT (19.5° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.3. 3 Moon near Saturn at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.6. 6 Last Quarter Moon at 2:22 UT. 6 Mercury 7.6° South of Pollux at 6h UT (20° from Sun, morning sky)
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July 2026 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On June 30, 2026
4 Mars 0.1° SE of Uranus at 7h UT (38° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.3 and 5.8. 6 Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 17h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.016644 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) 7 Moon near Saturn at 17h UT (morning sky).
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June 2026 Sky

  • Posted by ocadsite
  • On June 6, 2026
1 Mercury at northernmost declination (25.6°) at 19h UT. 8 Venus 4.7° S of Pollux at 0h UT (36° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.0 and 1.2. 8 Last Quarter Moon at 10:02 UT. 9 Venus 1.6° NNE of Jupiter at 21h UT (37° from Sun, evening sky).
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April 2026 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On April 5, 2026
2 Full Moon at 2:12 UT. 3 Moon near Spica at 2h UT (morning sky). 3 Mercury at westernmost elongation at 22h UT (28° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.3. 6 Moon near Antares at 18h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica,
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March Sky 2026

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On March 25, 2026
2 Moon near Regulus at 11h UT (evening sky). Lunar occultation visible from eastern Russia, eastern China, Mongolia and Japan. • Lunar occultation of Regulus (In-the-Sky) 3 Total Lunar Eclipse begins at 11:04 UT and ends at 12:03 UT. Greatest eclipse at 11:34 UT. Partial phases begin at 9:50 UT
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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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