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    September 2020 Sky

    September 2020 Sky 2 Full Moon at 5:22 UT. 6 Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 6h UT. Mag. −1.9. Occultation visible from central South America. • Mars (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Mars (IOTA) 6 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 6h UT (distance 405,607 km; angular size 29.5'). 9 Moon near the Pleiades at 0h...

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    Perseid meteor shower 2020

    Perseid meteor shower 2020 will peak between August 11th and 12th The Perseids are named after the constellation Perseus and are made of space debris from comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids can be found in the north-eastern part of the sky....

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    August 2020 Sky

    August 2020 Sky 2 Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 0h UT. Mag. −2.7. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 14h UT. Mag. 0.2. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 3 Full Moon at 15:58 UT. 9 Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag. −1.3. • Mars (Wikipedia) 9 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 14h UT (distance 404,659...

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    July 2020 Sky

    July 2020 Sky 1 Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 3h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky. 2 Moon near Antares (evening sky) at 20h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) 4 Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 12h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.016694 a.u. or about...

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