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| 3 | Neptune is 3° north of the Moon. | 0700 | | 5 | Uranus is 0° 5' north of the Moon. Occultation of Uranus by the Moon. | 0000 | | 5 | Ceres, the largest asteroid, appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from retrograde to direct motion. | 2000 | | 6 | The Moon is at perigee. | 1400 | | 7 | FULL MOON | 0300 | | 14 | LAST QUARTER | 0000 | | 16 | Saturn is 2° south of the Moon. | 1400 | | 17 | Mercury is at its greatest elongation, at 25° east of the Sun. | 0400 | | 19 | The Moon is at apogee. | 1000 | | 19 | The asteroid Juno is 0° 3' north of the Moon. Occultation of Juno by the Moon. | 1800 | | 22 | NEW MOON | 0500 | | 23 | Mars is in conjunction with the Sun. | 0700 | | 24 | Jupiter is 5° north of the Moon. | 0800 | | 24 | Mercury is 1° 4' north of the Moon. | 0800 | | 25 | Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, is 0° 4' north of the Moon. Occultation of Antares by the Moon. | 1400 | | 25 | Mercury is 4° south of Jupiter. | 2200 | | 27 | Venus is in superior conjunction. | 1800 | | 28 | Mercury is 4° south of Jupiter. | 1400 | | 29 | Mercury appears to be motionless in the sky as it moves from its greatest elongation east of the Sun back toward a position west of the Sun as viewed from Earth. | 0000 | | 29 | Neptune appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from retrograde to direct motion. | 0700 | | 29 | FIRST QUARTER | 2100 | | 30 | Neptune is 3° north of the Moon. | 1400 |
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