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September 2022 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On September 1, 2022
3 Moon near Antares at 17h UT (evening sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) 3 First Quarter Moon at 18:08 UT. 7 Asteroid 3 Juno at opposition at 6h UT (morning sky). Mag. 7.8. • Juno (Wikipedia) 7 Mars 4.3° N of Aldebaran at 12h UT (95° from Sun, morning sky). Mags.
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August 2022 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On August 1, 2022
2 Mars 1.3° SE of Uranus at 1h UT (morning sky). Mags. 0.2 and 5.8. 4 Moon near Spica at 2h UT (evening sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 4 Mercury 0.7° NNE of Regulus at 10h UT (18° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −0.4 and 1.4. 5 First Quarter Moon at 11:06 UT. 7 Moon near Antares at
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July 2022 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On July 2, 2022
1 Venus 4.1° N of Aldebaran at 10h UT (30° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −3.9 and 0.9. 1 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 17h UT (evening sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 3 Moon near Regulus at 14h UT (evening sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) 4
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June 2022 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On June 2, 2022
1 Moon near M35 star cluster at 11h UT (21° from Sun, evening sky). • Messier 35 (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 406,192km; angular size 29.4'). 3 Moon near Castor at 1h UT (evening sky). 3 Moon near Pollux at 6h UT (evening sky). 4 Moon near
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May 2022 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On May 4, 2022
Moon near the Pleiades at 13h UT (19° from Sun, evening sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Mercury at 16h UT (20° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.9. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Aldebaran at 6h UT (evening sky). • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) 5 Moon near
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April 2022 Sky

  • Posted by ocadsite
  • On April 1, 2022
1 New Moon at 6:26 UT. Start of lunation 1228. 2 Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 23h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 5 Mars 0.3° SE of Saturn at 2h UT (53° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.0 and 0.9. Visible in a telescope at
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March 2022 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On March 2, 2022
March 2022 Sky 1 Moon, Mercury and Saturn within a circle of diameter 4.2° at 1h UT (23° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −0.1 and 0.8. 2 Mercury 0.7° SE of Saturn at 16h UT (23° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −0.1 and 0.8. • Mercury (Wikipedia) • Saturn (Wikipedia) 2 New Moon at 17:37
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February 2022 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On February 6, 2022
February 2022 Sky 1 New Moon at 5:48 UT. Start of lunation 1226. 3 Moon near Jupiter at 1h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.0. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 4 Saturn at conjunction with the Sun at 19h UT. The ringed planet (not visible) passes into the morning sky. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 5 Mars 0.2°
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January 2022 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On January 4, 2022
1 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:53 UT (distance 358,033 km; angular size 33.4'). 20 hours before New Moon. 2 New Moon at 18:35 UT. Start of lunation 1225. 3 Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 21h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up
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December 2021 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On December 2, 2021
December 2021 Sky 1 Moon near Spica at 4h UT (45° from Sun, morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Mars at 2h UT (18° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 1.6. • Mars (Wikipedia) 4 New Moon at 7:43 UT. Start of lunation 1224. 4 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 10:12 UT
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