September 2024 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On September 1, 2024

1 Moon near Mercury at 14h UT (17° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.5. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 3 New Moon at 1:56 UT. Start of lunation 1258. 5 Mercury at greatest elongation west at 2h UT (18° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.2. 5 Moon near Venus at 10h UT (25° from Sun,

August 2024 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On August 2, 2024

1 Moon near M35 star cluster at 8h UT (morning sky). 2 Moon near Castor at 18h UT (morning sky). 3 Moon near Pollux at 0h UT (morning sky). 4 New Moon at 11:13 UT. Start of lunation 1257. 4 Mars 4.9° N of Aldebaran at 14h UT (morning sky). Mags. 0.9 and 0.9. 5 Venus 1.0° NNE of Regulus at 6h UT (17°

July 2024 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On July 7, 2024

1 Moon near Mars at 17h UT (54° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 1.0. • Mars (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Uranus at 9h UT (45° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 5.8. • Uranus (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near the Pleiades at 17h UT (41° from Sun, morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near

June 2024 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On June 13, 2024

2 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 7:25 UT (distance 368,102km; angular size 32.5'). 2 Moon near Mars at 22h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.0. • Mars (Wikipedia) 4 Mercury 0.12° SE of Jupiter at 11h UT (12° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −2.0 and −1.1. 4 Venus at superior conjunction with the Sun

May 2024 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On May 1, 2024

1 Last Quarter Moon at 11:27 UT. 4 Moon near Saturn at 0h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.2. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 4 Moon, Mars and Neptune within circle 4.1° diameter at 19h UT (44° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.1 and 7.9. 5 Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks. Most active for 7 days around this date.

April 2024 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On April 6, 2024

2 Last Quarter Moon at 3:15 UT. 6 Moon near Mars at 6h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.2. • Mars (Wikipedia) 6 Moon, Mars and Saturn within circle 3.0° diameter at 9h UT (morning sky). Mags. 1.2 and 1.1. 6 Moon near Saturn at 11h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica. • Lunar occultation of

March 2024 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On March 9, 2024

3 Moon near Antares at 7h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from southeast USA, Mexico, Caribbean, northern South America. • Antares (Wikipedia) • Disappearance and Reappearance Times (IOTA) • Occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky) 3 Last Quarter Moon at 15:24 UT. 8 Moon near Mars

February 2024 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On February 4, 2024

1 Moon near Spica at 10h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 2 Last Quarter Moon at 23:19 UT. 5 Moon near Antares at 2h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from central Asia. • Antares (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Antares (IOTA) 7 Moon near Venus at 21h UT

January 2024 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On January 6, 2024

1 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 404,909km; angular size 29.5'). 3 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 1h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983307 a.u. (147.1 million kilometers). • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis)

December 2023 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On December 2, 2023

1 Moon near Pollux at 4h UT (morning sky). 2 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 8h UT (morning sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 4 Moon near Regulus at 5h UT (morning sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) 4 Mercury at greatest elongation

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