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

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

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

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°

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

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

November 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 31, 2021

November 2021 Sky 2 Mercury 4.1° NNE of Spica at 7h UT (16° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −0.8 and 1.0. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Spica at 17h UT (17° from Sun, morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Mercury at 20h UT (15° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.9. 4 New Moon at

October 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 2, 2021

October 2021 Sky 1 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 16h UT (morning sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 2 Mercury 1.5° SSW of Spica at 10h UT (15° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.9 and 1.0. • Mercury (Wikipedia) • Spica (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Regulus at

September 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On September 1, 2021

September 2021 Sky 2 Moon near Castor at 23h UT (morning sky). 3 Moon near Pollux at 5h UT (morning sky). 4 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 7h UT (morning sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 5 Venus 1.6° NNE of Spica at 21h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.1 &

August 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On August 2, 2021

August 2021 Sky 2 Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 6h UT. The ringed planet is at its closest and brightest at mag. +0.2. Saturn’s rings are spectacular even in a small telescope. • Opposition (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 8h UT

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