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.

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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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