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

November 2022 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On November 2, 2022

1 First Quarter Moon at 6:38 UT. 2 Moon near Saturn at 0h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.7. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 4 Moon near Jupiter at 23h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.8. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 8 Total Lunar Eclipse begins at 10:17 UT and ends at 11:41 UT. Greatest eclipse at 10:59 UT. Partial

October 2022 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 2, 2022

3 First Quarter Moon at 0:14 UT. 4 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 16:41 UT (distance 369,325km; angular size 32.4'). 5 Moon near Saturn at 19h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.5. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 8 Moon near Jupiter at 21h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.9. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 8 Mercury at

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.

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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