August 2019 Sky 1 New Moon at 3:12 UT. Start of lunation 1195. 1 Moon near Mars (10° from Sun, evening sky) at 21h UT. Mag. 1.8. • Mars (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 7:13 UT (359,398 km; angular size 33.3'). 2 Moon near Regulus (20° from Sun, evening sky)...

June 2019 Sky 1 Moon near Venus (20° from Sun, morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. −3.9. • Venus (Wikipedia) 3 New Moon at 10:02 UT. Start of lunation 1193. 4 Moon near Mercury (17° from Sun, evening sky) at 17h UT. Mag. −0.8. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 5 Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag....

Lyrid Meteor Shower 2019 Lyrid Meteor Shower 2019 is active between April 16 and April 25 yearly and it tends to peak around April 22 or April 23. The Lyrids were created by the debris from a comet named Thatcher,...