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February 2021 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On January 31, 2021
February 2021 Sky 3 Moon near Spica at 6h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 3 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 18:48 UT (distance 370,116 km; angular size 32.3′). 4 Last Quarter Moon at 17:38 UT. 6 Moon near Antares at 12h UT (morning sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) 8 Mercury at inferior
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January 2021 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On January 2, 2021
January 2021 Sky 2 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 14h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983257 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) 3 Moon near Regulus at 2h UT (morning sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) 3 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
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December 2020 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On December 3, 2020
December 2020 Sky 3 Moon near Castor at 21h UT (morning sky). 4 Moon near Pollux at 2h UT (morning sky). 5 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 4h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 6 Moon near Regulus at 20h UT (morning sky).
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November 2020 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On November 1, 2020
November 2020 Sky 2 Moon near the Pleiades at 12h UT (morning sky). 3 Moon near Aldebaran at 6h UT (morning sky). • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) 6 Moon near Castor at 15h UT (morning sky). 6 Moon near Pollux at 20h UT (morning sky). 7 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 22h
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October 2020 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On October 1, 2020
October 2020 Sky 1 Mercury at greatest elongation east (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. 0.1. 1 Full Moon at 21:06 UT. 3 Venus 0.1° S of Regulus (morning sky) at 0h UT. Mags. −4.1 & 1.4. 3 Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag. −2.5. Occultation visible from southern South
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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