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September 2023 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On September 2, 2023
4 Moon near Jupiter at 18h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.6. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 5 Moon near the Pleiades at 22h UT (morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 6 Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 11h UT. The innermost planet passes into the morning sky.
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August 2023 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On August 2, 2023
Full Moon at 18:32 UT. The first of two Full Moons this month. 2 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 5:58 UT (distance 357,311km; angular size 33.4′). Only 11.4 hours after Full Moon. 3 Moon near Saturn at 13h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.6. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 8 Moon near Jupiter at 9h UT
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July 2023 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On July 1, 2023
1 Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 5h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky. 1 Venus 3.6° W of Mars at 8h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.5 and 1.7. 1 Moon near Antares at 9h UT (evening sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) 3 Full Moon at 11:39 UT. 4 Moon
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June 2023 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On June 1, 2023
2 Mars 0.16° NNE of Beehive cluster (M44) at 23h UT (56° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 1.6. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 3 Moon near Antares at 23h UT (evening sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) 4 Venus at dichotomy (D-shape) at 3h UT (evening sky)
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May 2023 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On April 30, 2023
1 Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 23h UT. The innermost planet passes into the morning sky. 4 Moon near Spica at 5h UT (evening sky). • Spica 5 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse from 15:14 to 19:32 UT, mid-eclipse at 17:23 UT. Best seen at mid-eclipse as a
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April 2023 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On March 31, 2023
Moon near Regulus at 12h UT (evening sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) 6 Full Moon at 4:36 UT. 6 Moon near Spica at 21h UT (midnight sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 10 Moon near Antares at 8h UT (morning sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) 11 Venus 2.5° SE of the Pleiades at 14h UT (evening sky). 11 Mercury
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March 2023 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On March 4, 2023
Moon near M35 star cluster at 8h UT (evening sky). • Messier 35 (Wikipedia) 2 Venus 0.5° NNW of Jupiter at 6h UT (31° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.0 and −2.1. 2 Moon near Castor at 21h UT (evening sky). 3 Moon near Pollux at 3h UT (evening sky). 3 Moon at
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February 2023 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On February 1, 2023
1 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is closest to Earth (42 million km) and at its brightest. Use binoculars or a telescope to see the comet which is best placed for northern hemisphere observers on this date. The sky map shows the comet's position at 0h UT on other dates. • See
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January 2023 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On January 1, 2023
1 Moon near Uranus at 22h UT (evening sky). Mag. 5.7. Occultation visible from parts of Europe and Canada. • Uranus (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Uranus (IOTA) • Sky at Night Magazine (BBC) 3 Moon near the Pleiades at 5h UT (evening sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Mars at 21h UT
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December 2022 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On December 1, 2022
1 Mars nearest to Earth at 2h UT. 81.45 million km. 2 Moon near Jupiter at 4h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.6. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 5 Moon near Uranus at 18h UT (evening sky). Mag. 5.7. Occultation visible from western Europe, the Middle East, and north Asia. • Occultation of Uranus
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