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May 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On April 30, 2017
May 2017 Sky 2 Moon near Beehive cluster (evening sky) at 18h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 3 First Quarter Moon at 2:47 UT. 4 Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 10h UT. Occultation visible from Australia and New Zealand. • Occultation of Regulus (IOTA) 5 Mars 6.2° N […]
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April 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On March 31, 2017
April 2017 Sky  1 Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 9h UT. Occultation visible from southern Asia, Japan, and Korea. 1 Mercury at greatest elongation east (19° from Sun, evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. 0.0. 3 First Quarter Moon at 18:40 UT. 5 Moon near Beehive cluster (evening sky) at 12h UT. • Beehive […]
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March 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On February 28, 2017
March 2017 Sky 1 Moon near Venus (32° from Sun, evening sky) at 2h UT. Mag. −4.6. 1 Moon near Mars (43° from Sun) at 21h UT. Mag. 1.3. 3 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 7:29 UT (369,062 km; angular size 32.4′). 4 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 10h UT. • […]
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February 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On January 31, 2017
February 2017 Sky 1 Moon near Mars (50° from Sun) at 3h UT. Mag. 1.1. 4 First Quarter Moon at 4:19 UT. 5 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 5h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 5 Moon very near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 19h UT. Occultation visible from north Africa and southern Europe. • […]
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January 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On January 1, 2017
January 2017 Sky 1 Mars 0.02° South of Neptune (59° from Sun, evening sky) at 7h UT. Mags. 0.9 and 7.9. 2 Moon near Venus (47° from Sun, evening sky) at 8h UT. Mag. -4.4. • Crescent Moon and Venus (APOD) 3 Moon near Mars (58° from Sun) at 7h UT. Mag. 0.9. 3 Quadrantid […]
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December 2016 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On November 30, 2016
December 2016 Sky 1 Moon near Mercury (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 5h UT. Mag. -0.5. 3 Moon near Venus (44° from Sun, evening sky) at 11h UT. Mag. -4.2. • Crescent Moon and Venus (APOD) 5 Moon near Mars (66° from Sun) at 9h UT. Mag. +0.7. 7 First Quarter Moon at 9:03 […]
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November 2016 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On October 31, 2016
November 2016 Sky 2 Moon near Saturn (34° from Sun, evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. +0.5. 3 Moon near Venus (38° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. -4.0. • Crescent Moon and Venus (APOD) 6 Moon near Mars at 11h UT. Mag. +0.4. 7 First Quarter Moon at 19:51 UT. 12 Northern […]
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October 2016 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On October 1, 2016
October 2016 Sky 1 New Moon at 0:11 UT. Start of lunation 1160. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Venus (31° from Sun, evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. -3.9. 4 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 11h UT (distance 406,096 km; angular size 29.4′). 6 Moon near Saturn at 9h UT. Mag. […]
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September 2016 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On September 1, 2016
September 2016 Sky 1 Annular Solar Eclipse from 6:13 to 12:01 UT. Greatest eclipse at 9:08 UT. Path of annularity extends from the southern Atlantic Ocean, across central Africa and Madagascar, and into the Indian Ocean. Partial eclipse over a much wider area covering Africa, Madagascar and much of the Indian Ocean. • Eclipses of […]
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August 2016 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On August 1, 2016
August 2016 Sky 2 New Moon at 20:45 UT. Start of lunation 1158. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) 4 Moon near Venus (16° from Sun, evening sky) at 5h UT. Mag. -3.9. 4 Moon near Regulus (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 8h UT. 4 Moon very near Mercury (25° from Sun, evening sky) at 22h […]
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