December 2024 Sky
- Posted by OCastronomy
- On December 1, 2024
1 New Moon at 6:21 UT. Start of lunation 1261. 3 Mars 2.1° NNW of Beehive Cluster (M44) at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. −0.6. 5 Moon near Venus at 1h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.2. • Venus (Wikipedia) 6 Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 2h UT. The innermost planet passes
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November 2024 Sky
- Posted by OCastronomy
- On November 3, 2024
1 New Moon at 12:47 UT. Start of lunation 1260. 3 Moon near Mercury at 7h UT (19° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.3. Use the Moon to help find the elusive planet Mercury. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 4 Moon near Antares at 2h UT (28° from Sun, evening
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October 2024 Sky
- Posted by OCastronomy
- On October 1, 2024
2 Annular Solar Eclipse from 16:50 to 20:39 UT with greatest eclipse at 18:45 UT. Path of annularity extends across southern Chile and southern Argentina. Partial eclipse in the Pacific Ocean and southern South America. • Annular Solar Eclipse of 2024 October 2 (GIF) (NASA)
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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,
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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°
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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