| 1 |
Venus
4.1° N of Aldebaran
(30° from Sun, morning sky) at 19h UT. Mags. -3.9 and +0.9. |
| 1 |
Moon
near Regulus
(evening sky) at 22h UT. |
| 4 |
Earth
at Aphelion
(farthest from Sun) at 0h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.016682 a.u. or
about 152.1 million km.
• Earth
at Aphelion (SpaceWeather.com)
• Photographic
Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 5 |
First
Quarter Moon
at 12:00 UT. |
| 6 |
Moon
very near Mars
(evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. +0.1. Occultation visible from northern
South America and southern Central America.
• Occultation
of Mars (IOTA) |
| 6 |
Moon
near Spica
(evening sky) at 6h UT. |
| 6 |
Moon,
Mars and Spica
within circle diameter 3.8° (evening sky) at 8h UT. Mags. +0.1 and
+1.0. |
| 8 |
Moon
very near Saturn
(evening sky) at 2h UT. Mag. +0.4. Occultation visible from southern
South America.
• Occultation
of Saturn (IOTA) |
| 9 |
Moon
near Antares
(evening sky) at 18h UT. |
| 12 |
Full
Moon
at 11:26 UT.
• Full
Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 12 |
Mercury
at greatest elongation,
21° west of Sun (morning sky) at 18h UT. Mag +0.5. |
| 13 |
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 8h UT (358,260 km; angular size 33.4'). |
| 14 |
Mars
1.3° NNE of Spica
(92° from Sun, evening sky) at 4h UT. Mags. +0.2 and +1.0. |
| 16 |
Mercury
6.2° ESE of Venus
(20° and 26° from Sun, morning sky) at 19h UT. Mags. -0.1 and -3.9. |
| 19 |
Last
Quarter Moon
at 2:09 UT. |
| 21 |
Moon
near the Pleiades
(morning sky) at 16h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 22 |
Moon
near Aldebaran
(morning sky) at 12h UT. |
| 24 |
Moon
near Venus
(24° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT. Mag. -3.9. |
| 24 |
Jupiter
at conjunction
with the Sun at 21h UT. Passes into the morning sky (not visible). |
| 26 |
New
Moon
at 22:42 UT. Start of lunation 1133.
• Lunation
Number (Wikipedia) |
| 28 |
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 3h UT (distance 406,567 km; angular size
29.4'). |
| 29 |
Moon
near Regulus
(evening sky) at 4h UT. |
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