September 2020 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On September 1, 2020

September 2020 Sky 2 Full Moon at 5:22 UT. 6 Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 6h UT. Mag. −1.9. Occultation visible from central South America. • Mars (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Mars (IOTA) 6 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 6h UT (distance 405,607 km; angular size 29.5′). 9

August 2020 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On August 1, 2020

August 2020 Sky 2 Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 0h UT. Mag. −2.7. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 14h UT. Mag. 0.2. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 3 Full Moon at 15:58 UT. 9 Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag. −1.3. • Mars (Wikipedia) 9 Moon at

July 2020 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On July 1, 2020

July 2020 Sky 1 Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 3h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky. 2 Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 20h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) 4 Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 12h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016694 a.u. or

June 2020 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On June 1, 2020

June 2020 Sky 2 Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 8h UT. • Spica (Wikipedia) 3 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 3:35 UT (distance 364,366 km; angular size 32.8′). 3 Venus at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 18h UT. The brightest planet passes into the morning sky. 4 Mercury at greatest

May 2020 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On May 1, 2020

May 2020 Sky 2 Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 6h UT. • Regulus (Wikipedia) 4 Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 21h UT. The elusive planet passes into the evening sky. 5 Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks at 21h UT. Most active for 7 days around this date.

April 2020 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On April 1, 2020

April 2020 Sky 1 First Quarter Moon at 10:21 UT. 2 Moon near Castor (evening sky) at 4h UT. 2 Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 8h UT. 3 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 8h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 4 Venus 0.25° SE of

March 2020 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On March 2, 2020

March 2020 Sky 1 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 22h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 15h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) 2 First Quarter Moon at 19:57 UT. 5 Moon near Castor (evening sky) at 19h UT. 6 Moon near

February 2020 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On February 21, 2020

February 2020 Sky 2 First Quarter Moon at 1:42 UT. 3 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 14h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 4 Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 7h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) 7 Moon near Castor (evening sky) at 9h UT. 7 Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 13h UT. 8 Moon near

January 2020 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On January 28, 2020

January 2020 Sky 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 1h UT (distance 404,580 km; angular size 29.5′). 3 First Quarter Moon at 4:46 UT. 4 Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 8h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up to 120 meteors per hour.

December 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On December 4, 2019

December 2019 Sky 4 First Quarter Moon at 6:58 UT. 5 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 4h UT (distance 404,446 km; angular size 29.5′). 10 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 19h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 11 Venus 1.8° S of Saturn (30° from Sun, evening sky) ...

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