1 Moon near Mercury at 5h UT (16° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −1.0. 1 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21:20 UT (distance 361,964km; angular size 33.0'). 2 Moon near Venus at 5h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.6. 5 Moon near the Pleiades at 14h UT (evening sky). 6 Moon near Jupiter at 11h

1 Moon near Saturn at 5h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.2. Take the opportunity to view Saturn and its almost edge-on rings before it disappears into the evening twilight at the end of the month. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 1 Moon near Venus at 23h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.6. • Venus (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at

1 New Moon at 6:21 UT. Start of lunation 1261. 3 Mars 2.1° NNW of Beehive Cluster (M44) at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. −0.6. 5 Moon near Venus at 1h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.2. • Venus (Wikipedia) 6 Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 2h UT. The innermost planet passes

1 New Moon at 12:47 UT. Start of lunation 1260. 3 Moon near Mercury at 7h UT (19° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.3. Use the Moon to help find the elusive planet Mercury. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 4 Moon near Antares at 2h UT (28° from Sun, evening