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 […]

April 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On April 1, 2018

April 2018 Sky 1 Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 12h UT. 2 Mars 1.3° S of Saturn (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mags. 0.3 and 0.5. 3 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 16h UT. Mag. −2.4. 5 Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 3h UT. 7 Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. 0.5. 7 Moon, […]

March 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On March 1, 2018

March 2018 Sky 1 Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 6h UT. 2 Full Moon at 0:51 UT. 4 Mercury 1.1° NW of Venus (13° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. −1.2 and −3.9. 5 Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 2h UT. 7 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag. −2.2. 8 Moon near Antares (morning […]

February 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On February 1, 2018

February 2018 Sky 1 Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 19h UT. 5 Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 17h UT. 7 Last Quarter Moon at 15:55 UT. 7 Moon near Jupiter (87° from Sun, morning sky) at 22h UT. Mag. −2.0. Jupiter is spectacular even in a small telescope. Its four brightest moons are visible in binoculars. 9 […]

January 2018 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On December 31, 2017

January 2018 Sky 1 Mercury at greatest elongation west (23° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. −0.3. 1 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21:54 UT (356,565 km; angular size 33.5′). Closest of 2018. 2 Full Moon at 2:24 UT. 3 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 6h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983284 a.u. […]

December 2017 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On December 1, 2017

December 2017 Sky 2 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 22h UT. 3 Moon near Aldebaran (midnight sky) at 13h UT. Occultation visible from northeast Asia, Alaska, northwest Canada. 3 Full Moon at 15:47 UT. 4 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 8:59 UT (357,492 km; angular size 33.4′). 7 Moon near Beehive cluster (morning sky) at 9 […]

November 2017 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On November 1, 2017

November 2017 Sky 4 Full Moon at 5:23 UT. 5 Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 11h UT. 6 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 0:21 UT (361,438 km; angular size 33.1′). 6 Moon near Aldebaran (morning sky) at 1h UT. Occultation visible from east USA, Canada, Greenland, north Europe. • Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA) 10 Moon near Beehive […]

October 2017 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 1, 2017

October 2017 Sky 3 Moon near Neptune (152° from Sun, evening sky) at 12h UT. Mag. 7.8. Occultation visible from Tasmania and New Zealand. • Occultation of Neptune (IOTA) 5 Venus 0.2° NNE of Mars (23° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 1.8. 5 Full Moon at 18:41 UT. 8 Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun […]

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