Moon near Mars at 14h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.9. Lunar occultation visible from southern French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.
• Lunar occultation of Mars (In-the-Sky)
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Moon near Jupiter at 21h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.0. Lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Australia, Indonesia, southern India and Malaysia amongst others.
• Lunar occultation of Jupiter (In-the-Sky)
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Moon, Mars and Jupiter within 5.1° circle at 23h UT (morning sky). Mags. 0.9 and −2.0.
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Moon near Regulus at 8h UT (morning sky). Lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia amongst others.
• Lunar occultation of Regulus (In-the-Sky)
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 14h UT. The innermost planet passes into the morning sky.
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Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Sept 23 to Dec 8. Associated with Comet 2P/Encke (next perihelion 10 February 2027).
• Taurids (Wikipedia)
• Southern Taurids (American Meteor Society)
• 2026 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (International Meteor Organization)
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Moon near Venus at 10h UT (morning sky). Mag. −4.4. Lunar occultation visible from Antarctica, Argentina, Chile and Falkland Islands.
• Lunar occultation of Venus (In-the-Sky)
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Moon, Venus and Spica within 2.2° circle at 12h UT (21° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −4.4 and 1.0.
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New Moon at 7:01 UT. Start of lunation 1285.
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Venus 1.2° WSW of Spica at 13h UT (24° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −4.5 and 1.0.
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Moon near Antares at 5h UT (evening sky).
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Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks. Active from Oct 13 to Dec 2. Occasional bright fireball.
• Taurids (Wikipedia)
• Northern Taurids (American Meteor Society)
• 2026 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (International Meteor Organization)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 18h UT (distance 405,619km; angular size 29.5′).
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Mars 1.2° NNE of Jupiter at 3h UT (88° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 0.7 and −2.1.
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First Quarter Moon at 11:47 UT.
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Leonid meteor shower peaks. Arises from debris ejected by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. Produces very fast meteors (70 km/sec). Expect 10 to 15 meteors/hour under dark skies. Unfortunately, it appears that Earth will not encounter any dense clouds of debris until 2099.
• Leonids (Wikipedia)
• Leonids (American Meteor Society)
• 2026 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (International Meteor Organization)
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Moon near Saturn at 21h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.6.
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Mercury at westernmost elongation at 23h UT (19.6° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.6.
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Moon near the Pleiades at 13h UT (midnight sky).
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Full Moon at 14:54 UT.
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Mars, Jupiter and Regulus within 3.7° circle at 0h UT (morning sky). Mags. 0.6, −2.2 and 1.4.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21:15 UT (distance 359,347km; angular size 33.3′).
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Uranus at opposition at 23h UT. Mag. 5.6.
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Mars 1.7° NNE of Regulus at 5h UT (morning sky). Mags. 0.6 and 1.4.
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Venus at its brightest at 19h UT (morning sky). Mag. −4.65.
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Moon near Castor at 20h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 1h UT (morning sky).
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Moon near Beehive Cluster (M44) at 1h UT (morning sky).
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Venus shows greatest illuminated extent (340 square arc-seconds) at 14h UT. Mag. −4.6.
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Moon near Jupiter at 8h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.2. Lunar occultation visible from southern Argentina, Chile, Antarctica and Falkland Islands.
• Lunar occultation of Jupiter (In-the-Sky)
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Moon, Mars and Jupiter within 5.2° circle at 10h UT (morning sky). Mags. 0.5 and −2.2.
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Moon, Jupiter and Regulus within 3.4° circle at 13h UT (morning sky). Mags. −2.2 and 1.4.
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Moon near Regulus at 14h UT (morning sky). Lunar occultation visible from New Zealand and Norfolk Island.
• Lunar occultation of Regulus (In-the-Sky)
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Moon, Mars and Regulus within 3.0° circle at 17h UT (morning sky). Mags. 0.5 and 1.4.
