1 Last Quarter Moon at 11:27 UT. 4 Moon near Saturn at 0h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.2. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 4 Moon, Mars and Neptune within circle 4.1° diameter at 19h UT (44° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.1 and 7.9. 5 Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks. Most active for 7 days around this date.

2 Last Quarter Moon at 3:15 UT. 6 Moon near Mars at 6h UT (morning sky). Mag. 1.2. • Mars (Wikipedia) 6 Moon, Mars and Saturn within circle 3.0° diameter at 9h UT (morning sky). Mags. 1.2 and 1.1. 6 Moon near Saturn at 11h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica. • Lunar occultation of

3 Moon near Antares at 7h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from southeast USA, Mexico, Caribbean, northern South America. • Antares (Wikipedia) • Disappearance and Reappearance Times (IOTA) • Occultation of Antares (In-The-Sky) 3 Last Quarter Moon at 15:24 UT. 8 Moon near Mars

1 Moon near Spica at 10h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 2 Last Quarter Moon at 23:19 UT. 5 Moon near Antares at 2h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from central Asia. • Antares (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Antares (IOTA) 7 Moon near Venus at 21h UT

1 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 404,909km; angular size 29.5'). 3 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 1h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983307 a.u. (147.1 million kilometers). • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis)