| 3 |
Moon
near Beehive Cluster
(midnight sky) at 9h UT.
• Beehive
Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44:
The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 3 |
Full
Moon
at 23:09 UT. |
| 4 |
Moon
near Jupiter
(midnight sky) at 6h UT. Mag. -2.6. |
| 5 |
Moon
near Regulus
(morning sky) at 6h UT. |
| 6 |
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 6h UT (distance 406,150 km; angular
size 29.4'). |
| 6 |
Jupiter
at opposition
at 18h UT. Best time to observe the largest planet in the solar
system. Mag. -2.6.
• Opposition
(Wikipedia) |
| 9 |
Moon
near Spica
(morning sky) at 19h UT. |
| 12 |
Last
Quarter Moon
at 3:50 UT. |
| 13 |
Moon
near Saturn
(morning sky) at 0h UT. Mag. +0.5. |
| 17 |
Moon
near Mercury
(26° from Sun, morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. +0.3. |
| 18 |
New
Moon
at 23:47 UT. Start of lunation 1140.
• Lunation
Number (Wikipedia) |
| 19 |
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 7h UT (356,995 km; angular size 33.5'). |
| 21 |
Moon,
Venus and Mars
within circle diameter 2.0° (28° from Sun, evening sky) at 0h
UT. Mags. -4.0 and +1.3. |
| 21 |
Moon
very near Uranus
(41° from Sun, evening sky) at 22h UT. Mag. +5.9. Occultation
visible from southeast Canada and northeast USA.
• Occultation
of Uranus (IOTA) |
| 22 |
Venus
0.4° SSE of Mars
(28° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. -4.0 and +1.3. |
| 24 |
Mercury
at greatest elongation,
27° west of Sun (morning sky) at 16h UT. Mag +0.1. |
| 25 |
First
Quarter Moon
at 17:14 UT. |
| 25 |
Moon
very near Aldebaran
(evening sky) at 23h UT. Occultation visible from Scandinavia.
• Occultation
of Aldebaran (IOTA)
• Aldebaran
(Wikipedia) |
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