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February 2018 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On February 1, 2018
February 2018 Sky 1 Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 19h UT. 5 Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 17h UT. 7 Last Quarter Moon at 15:55 UT. 7 Moon near Jupiter (87° from Sun, morning sky) at 22h UT. Mag. −2.0. Jupiter is spectacular even in a small telescope. Its four brightest moons are visible in binoculars. 9 […]
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January 2018 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On December 31, 2017
January 2018 Sky 1 Mercury at greatest elongation west (23° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. −0.3. 1 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21:54 UT (356,565 km; angular size 33.5′). Closest of 2018. 2 Full Moon at 2:24 UT. 3 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 6h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983284 a.u. […]
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December 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On December 1, 2017
December 2017 Sky 2 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 22h UT. 3 Moon near Aldebaran (midnight sky) at 13h UT. Occultation visible from northeast Asia, Alaska, northwest Canada. 3 Full Moon at 15:47 UT. 4 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 8:59 UT (357,492 km; angular size 33.4′). 7 Moon near Beehive cluster (morning sky) at 9 […]
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November 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On November 1, 2017
November 2017 Sky 4 Full Moon at 5:23 UT. 5 Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 11h UT. 6 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 0:21 UT (361,438 km; angular size 33.1′). 6 Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 1h UT. Occultation visible from east USA, Canada, Greenland, north Europe. • Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA) 10 Moon near Beehive […]
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October 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On October 1, 2017
October 2017 Sky 3 Moon near Neptune (152° from Sun, evening sky) at 12h UT. Mag. 7.8. Occultation visible from Tasmania and New Zealand. • Occultation of Neptune (IOTA) 5 Venus 0.2° NNE of Mars (23° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.8. 5 Full Moon at 18:41 UT. 8 Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun […]
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September 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On September 1, 2017
September 2017 Sky 1 Venus 1.2° SSW of Beehive cluster (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. −4.0. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 6 Moon 0.7° SSE of Neptune (178° from Sun, midnight sky) at 5h UT. Mag. +7.8. 6 Full Moon at 7:04 UT. 10 Mercury 0.6° S of Regulus (18° from Sun, morning sky) at 12h UT. […]
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August 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On July 31, 2017
August 2017 Sky 2 Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 9h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) 2 Venus 2.4° S of M35 cluster (morning sky) at 15h UT. Mag. −4.0. 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 18h UT (distance 405,025 km; angular size 29.5′). 3 Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 0.3. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 7 Partial Eclipse of […]
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July 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On June 30, 2017
July 2017 Sky Sky Calendar — July 2017 1 First Quarter Moon at 0:51 UT. 1 Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 9h UT. Mag. −2.0. 2 Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 5h UT. 3 Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 20h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016676 a.u. or about 152.1 […]
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June 2017 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On May 30, 2017
June 2017 Sky 1 First Quarter Moon at 12:42 UT. 3 Venus 1.7° SSE of Uranus at 5h UT. Mags. −4.3 and 5.9. 3 Venus at greatest elongation west (46° from Sun, morning sky) at 12h UT. Mag −4.3. 4 Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −2.2. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 4 Moon […]
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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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