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) ...

November 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On November 1, 2019

November 2019 Sky 2 Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 0.6. Occ. Auckland, NZ. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 4 First Quarter Moon at 10:22 UT. 7 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 405,058 km; angular size 29.5′). 10 Venus 3.9° N of Antares (23° from Sun,

October 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 1, 2019

October 2019 Sky 3 Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 7h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 22h UT. Mag. −2.0. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 4 Venus 2.9° NNE of Spica (14° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.0. 5 First Quarter Moon.[...]

September 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On September 1, 2019

September 2019 Sky 2 Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 15h UT. • Spica (Wikipedia) 4 Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 1h UT. The elusive innermost planet passes into the evening sky. 5 Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 23h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) 6 First

August 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On August 1, 2019

August 2019 Sky 1 New Moon at 3:12 UT. Start of lunation 1195. 1 Moon near Mars (10° from Sun, evening sky) at 21h UT. Mag. 1.8. • Mars (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 7:13 UT (359,398 km; angular size 33.3′). 2 Moon near Regulus (20° from Sun, evening sky) at

July 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On July 1, 2019

July 2019 Sky 1 Moon near Venus (12° from Sun, morning sky) at 23h UT. Mag. −3.9. • Venus (Wikipedia) 2 New Moon at 19:16 UT. Start of lunation 1194. 4 Moon near Mars (19° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mag. 1.8. • Mars (Wikipedia) 4 Moon near Mercury (evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. 1.5. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 4 Earth at Aphelion (farthest […]

June 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On June 2, 2019

June 2019 Sky 1 Moon near Venus (20° from Sun, morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. −3.9. • Venus (Wikipedia) 3 New Moon at 10:02 UT. Start of lunation 1193. 4 Moon near Mercury (17° from Sun, evening sky) at 17h UT. Mag. −0.8. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 5 Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. 1.8. • Mars (Wikipedia) 6 Moon near Pollux (evening […]

May 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On May 1, 2019

May 2019 Sky 2 Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 15h UT. Mag. −3.9. • Venus (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Mercury (19° from Sun, morning sky) at 10h UT. Mag. −0.5. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 4 New Moon at 22:46 UT. Start of lunation 1192. 6 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 5h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 6 Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks at 14h […]

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