January 2020 Sky 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 1h UT (distance 404,580 km; angular size 29.5'). 3 First Quarter Moon at 4:46 UT. 4 Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 8h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up to 120 meteors per hour....

December 2019 Sky 4 First Quarter Moon at 6:58 UT. 5 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 4h UT (distance 404,446 km; angular size 29.5'). 10 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 19h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 11 Venus 1.8° S of Saturn (30° from Sun, evening sky) at 10h UT....

Leonid meteor shower 2019 Leonid meteor shower 2019 happens annually and is active in the month of November. The peak of this celestial event is usually during the night of November 17 and the early morning of November 18. The...

November 2019 Sky 2 Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 0.6. Occ. Auckland, NZ. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 4 First Quarter Moon at 10:22 UT. 7 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 405,058 km; angular size 29.5'). 10 Venus 3.9° N of Antares (23° from Sun, evening sky)...

Orionid meteor shower 2019 Orionid meteor shower 2019 will be visible from October 2 to November 7 but the shower is expected to peak on the night of  October 20 into the early morning of October 22. The Orionids are...