August 2021 Sky 2 Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 6h UT. The ringed planet is at its closest and brightest at mag. +0.2. Saturn's rings are spectacular even in a small telescope. • Opposition (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 8h UT (distance...

July 2021 Sky 1 Last Quarter Moon at 21:11 UT. 3 Venus 0.35° NNE of Beehive cluster M44 (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 12h UT. Mag. −3.9. 4 Mercury at greatest elongation west (22° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.5. 5 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth)...

June 2021 Sky 1 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. −2.4. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 2 Last Quarter Moon at 7:25 UT. 8 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 406,228 km; angular size 29.4'). 8 Moon near the Pleiades (18° from Sun, morning sky) at 21h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 10 New...

May 2021 Sky 3 Last Quarter Moon at 19:51 UT. 3 Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.7. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 5 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −2.2. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 5 Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks at 19h UT. Most active for 7 days around this date. Associated with...

April 2021 Sky 2 Moon near Antares at 0h UT (morning sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) 4 Last Quarter Moon at 10:03 UT. 6 Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mag. 0.8. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 7 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mag. −2.1. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 11 Moon near Mercury (8° from Sun, morning sky) at 10h UT. Mag....