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

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

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

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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