4 Mars 0.1° SE of Uranus at 7h UT (38° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.3 and 5.8. 6 Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 17h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.016644 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Earth at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com) 7 Moon near Saturn at 17h UT (morning sky).

2 Full Moon at 2:12 UT. 3 Moon near Spica at 2h UT (morning sky). 3 Mercury at westernmost elongation at 22h UT (28° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.3. 6 Moon near Antares at 18h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from Antarctica,

2 Moon near Regulus at 11h UT (evening sky). Lunar occultation visible from eastern Russia, eastern China, Mongolia and Japan. • Lunar occultation of Regulus (In-the-Sky) 3 Total Lunar Eclipse begins at 11:04 UT and ends at 12:03 UT. Greatest eclipse at 11:34 UT. Partial phases begin at 9:50 UT

4 Moon, Uranus and the Pleiades within 5.0° circle at 1h UT (evening sky). Mag. 5.6. Near Full Moon. 4 Moon near the Pleiades at 4h UT (evening sky). 4 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 11:11 UT (distance 356,963km; angular size 33.5'). 4 Full Moon at 23:14 UT. Supermoon.

2 Venus 3.5° NNE of Spica at 8h UT (16° from Sun, morning sky). Mag −3.9. 2 Moon near Saturn at 9h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.9. 5 Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Sept 23 to Dec 8. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke. • Taurids (Wikipedia) • Southern