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First Quarter Moon occurs at 1:21 UT.
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The Lunar X (the Purbach or Werner Cross), an X-shaped illumination effect involving various rims and ridges between the craters La Caille, Blanchinus, and Purbach, is predicted to occur at 13:54 UT.
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Jupiter is 4 degrees south of the Moon at 6:00 UT; the Moon is at apogee, subtending 29'32" from a distance of 404,862 kilometers (251,345 miles), at 14:00 UT; asteroid 6 Hebe (magnitude 9.4) is at opposition at 17:00 UT.
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Venus is 3 degrees south of the Moon at 22:00 UT.
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Uranus is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 13:00 UT.
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Mercury is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 6:00 UT.
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New Moon (lunation 1103) occurs at 22:35 UT.
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Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun at 21:00 UT.
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The Curtiss Cross, an X-shaped illumination effect located between the craters Parry and Gambart, is predicted to occur at 1:42 UT.
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Last Quarter Moon occurs at 17:04 UT.
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Saturn is 6 degrees north of the Moon at 1:00 UT.
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The Moon is 1.7 degrees south of the first-magnitude star Spica (Alpha Virginis) at 13:00 UT.
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Venus is 0.3 degree north of Uranus at 5:00 UT; Mars is 10 degrees north of the Moon at 12:00 UT.
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Mercury is at its greatest heliocentric latitude south today; Mercury is in superior conjunction at 9:00 UT; Full Moon (known as the Hunger, Snow, or Storm Moon) occurs at 21:54 UT.
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First Quarter Moon occurs at 4:10 UT.
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Jupiter is 5 degrees south of the Moon at 15:00 UT; the Moon is at apogee, subtending 29 arc minutes from a distance of 404,323 kilometers (251,235 miles), at 18:00 UT.
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Uranus is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 2:00 UT.
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Venus is 7 degrees south of the Moon at 19:00 UT.
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Moon/Neptune conjunction. Double Galilean satellite transit
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Neptune is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 12:00 UT; a double Galilean satellite transit (Ganymede follows Europa) begins at 12:40 UT. -
New Moon (lunation 1102) occurs at 7:39 UT.
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A double Galilean satellite transit (Europa follows Ganymede) begins at 9:00 UT.
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The Curtiss Cross, an X-shaped illumination effect located between the craters Parry and Gambart, is predicted to occur at 11:06 UT; the Moon is at perigee, subtending 32 arc minutes from a distance of 369,886 kilometers (229,836 miles), at 21:00 UT.
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The Moon is 2 degrees south of the first-magnitude star Spica (Alpha Virginis) at 8:00 UT; Last Quarter Moon occurs at 9:08 UT; Saturn is 6 degrees north of the Moon at 19:00 UT.
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Mars is 9 degrees north of the Moon at 7:00 UT.
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Venus is 1.2 degree south of Neptune at 7:00 UT.