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First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:30 UT.
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The Purbach Cross or Lunar X, an X-shaped illumination effect involving various rims and ridges between the craters La Caille, Blanchinus, and Purbach, is predicted to occur at 12:02 UT; Mars is 6 degrees north of the Moon at 15:00 UT.
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The latest evening twilight of the year occurs today; asteroid 18 Melpomene (magnitude 9.8) is at opposition at 16:00 UT.
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Mercury is 5 degrees south of the first-magnitude star Pollux (Beta Geminorum) at 18:00 UT; Mercury is 6 degrees north of the Moon at 19:00 UT.
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Summer solstice in the northern hemisphere occurs at 23:09 UT.
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New Moon (lunation 1107) occurs at 15:02 UT.
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Venus is 2 degrees south of the Moon at 1:00 UT.
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The earliest morning twilight of the year occurs today; Jupiter is 1.1 degrees south of the Moon, with an occultation occurring in northern Canada, at 8:00 UT.
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Venus is 4 degrees north of the first-magnitude star Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri) at 5:00 UT.
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The earliest sunrise of the year occurs today; Uranus is 5 degrees south of the Moon at 1:00 UT; the Curtiss Cross, an X-shaped illumination effect located between the craters Parry and Gambart, is predicted to occur at 3:25 UT.
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Asteroid 2 Pallas is 0.8 degree south of the Moon, with an occultation occurring in northern Canada, eastern Russia, and most of Japan, at 17:00 UT.
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Last Quarter Moon occurs at 10:41 UT.
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Neptune is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 5:00 UT.
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Mercury is at its greatest heliocentric latitude north today; Mercury is 1.0 degree north of the bright open cluster M35 in Gemini at 13:00 UT.
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Jupiter is 5 degrees south of the bright open cluster M45 (the Pleiades) in Taurus at 6:00 UT.
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Venus is at inferior conjunction at 1:00 UT; an historic transit of the Sun by Venus reaches its peak at 1:30 UT.
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Full Moon (known as the Flower, Rose or Strawberry Moon) occurs at 11:12 UT; a partial lunar eclipse takes place across most of North and South America, the Pacific Ocean, eastern Asia, and Australia, reaching maximum at 11:03 UT.
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The Moon is 1.5 degrees south of the first-magnitude star Spica (Alpha Virginis) at 4:00 UT; Saturn is 7 degrees north of the Moon at 5:00 UT.
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First Quarter Moon occurs at 9:57 UT.
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The Lunar X (also known as the Werner or Purbach Cross), an X-shaped illumination effect involving various rims and ridges between the craters La Caille, Blanchinus, and Purbach, is predicted to begin at 14:55 UT.
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Venus is 6 degrees north of the Moon at 2:00 UT.
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Mercury/Uranus & Moon/Jupiter conjunctions. Peak of Lyrids
Big Dipper posted an event in SGL Calendar
Mercury is 2 degrees south of Uranus at 2:00 UT; the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower (20 per hour) occurs at 5:00 UT; the Moon is at apogee, subtending 29' from a distance of 406,419 kilometers (252,537 miles), at 14:00 UT; Jupiter is 2 degrees south of the Moon at 19:00 UT. -
New Moon (lunation 1105) occurs at 7:18 UT.
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Mercury is 8 degrees south of the Moon at 2:00 UT; Uranus is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 8:00 UT.
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Mercury is at greatest western elongation (27 degrees) at 17:00 UT.