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) ...

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

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