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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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April 2019 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On April 1, 2019
April 2019 Sky 1 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 0h UT (distance 405,577 km; angular size 29.5′). 2 Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 7h UT. Mag. −4.0. 3 Moon near Mercury (26° from Sun, morning sky) at 2h UT. Mag. 0.8. 5 New Moon at 8:51 UT. Start of lunation 1191. 8 Moon near the Pleiades (evening […]
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March 2019 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On March 1, 2019
March 2019 Sky 1 Moon near Saturn (53° from Sun, morning sky) at 19h UT. Mag. 0.6. Occultation visible from southwest USA, western Mexico, and French Polynesia. • Occultation of Saturn (IOTA) • Saturn (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 23h UT. Mag. −4.1. • Venus (Wikipedia) 4 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 11h UT (distance 406,391 km; angular size […]
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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) […]
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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 […]
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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° […]
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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 […]
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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′). […]
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