February 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On February 2, 2019

February 2019 Sky 1 Moon near Venus (morning sky). Mag. −4.3. Spectacular! • Venus (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Saturn (28° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 0.6. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 4 New Moon at 21:04 UT. Start of lunation 1189. 5 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 406,555 km; angular size 29.4′). 10 Moon near Mars (evening sky) […]

January 2019 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On January 1, 2019

January 2019 Sky 1 Moon near Venus (47° from Sun, morning sky) at 22h UT. Mag. −4.5. 3 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 5h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983301 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) 3 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 8h UT. Mag. −1.8. 4 Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks […]

December 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On December 1, 2018

December 2018 Sky 3 Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 9h UT. 3 Moon near Venus (41° from Sun, morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. −4.7. • Venus (Wikipedia) 5 Moon near Mercury (17° from Sun, morning sky) at 22h UT. Mag. 0.9. 7 New Moon at 7:21 UT. Start of lunation 1187. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) 7 Mars 0.04° NNW of Neptune (88° […]

November 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On November 2, 2018

November 2018 Sky 2 Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 6h UT. • Regulus (Wikipedia) 6 Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 3h UT. 6 Moon near Venus (17° from Sun, morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag. −4.3. • Venus (Wikipedia) 6 Mercury at greatest elongation east (23° from Sun, evening sky) at 15h UT. Mag. −0.2. 7 New Moon at 16:02 UT. Start […]

October 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 1, 2018

October 2018 Sky 2 Last Quarter Moon at 9:46 UT. 3 Moon near Castor (morning sky) at 7h UT. 3 Moon near Pollux (morning sky) at 11h UT. 4 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 10h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 5 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:31 UT (366,392 km; angular size 32.6′). […]

September 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On August 31, 2018

September 2018 Sky 1 Venus 1.2° SSW of Spica (evening sky) at 12h UT. Mags. −4.4 and 1.0. 2 Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 9h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 2h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) 3 Last Quarter Moon at 2:38 UT. 6 Moon near Castor (morning sky) at 0h UT. 6 Moon near […]

August 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On July 31, 2018

August 2018 Sky 4 Last Quarter Moon at 18:19 UT. 6 Moon near the Pleiades at 3h UT (morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 6 Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 19h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) 9 Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 2h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky. Not visible. 9 Moon near Castor (morning sky) at 15h UT. […]

July 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On July 1, 2018

July 2018 Sky 4 Mercury 0.4° SSW of Beehive cluster M44 (25° from Sun, evening sky) at 13h UT. Mag. 0.1. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 6 Last Quarter Moon at 7:52 UT. 6 Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 17h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.016696 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) […]

June 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On June 1, 2018

June 2018 Sky 1 Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 1h UT. Mag. 0.2. 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 405,317 km; angular size 29.5′). 3 Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mag. −1.3. • Mars (Wikipedia) 6 Mercury at superior conjunction with Sun at 2h UT. The elusive planet passes into the evening […]

May 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On April 30, 2018

May 2018 Sky 2 Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 11h UT. 2 Venus 6.4° N of Aldebaran (28° from Sun, evening sky) at 18h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 0.9. 4 Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.3. 6 Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks. Most active for 7 days around this date. Associated with Comet […]

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