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A double Galilean satellite transit (Europa follows Ganymede) begins at 6:26 UT; a double Galilean satellite shadow transit (Ganymede’s shadow follows Europa’s) begins at 10:11 UT.
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Full Moon (known as the Ice Moon, the Moon After Yule, the Old Moon, and the Wolf Moon) occurs at 7:30 UT.
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A double Galilean satellite shadow transit (Europa’s shadow follows Ganymede’s) begins at 6:28 UT; the Quadrantid meteor shower (40 to 120 or more per hour) peaks at 7:00 UT. -
Jupiter is 5 degrees south of the Moon at 3:00 UT.
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Asteroid 1 Ceres is in conjunction with the Sun today; Uranus is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 16:00 UT.
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Neptune is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 1:00 UT; Pluto is in conjunction with the Sun at 8:00 UT.
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A double Galilean satellite shadow transit (Europa’s shadow follows Ganymede’s) begins at 3:51 UT and ends at 3:55 UT.
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Venus is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 11:00 UT.
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New Moon (lunation 1101) occurs at 18:06 UT.
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The peak of the Ursid meteor shower (10 per hour) occurs at 2:00 UT; Mercury is at greatest western elongation (22 degrees) at 3:00 UT; Mercury is 3 degrees north of the Moon at 4:00 UT.
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The Moon is at perigee, subtending 32'16" from a distance of 364,800 kilometers (230,086 miles), at 3:00 UT; the northern hemisphere winter solstice occurs at 5:30 UT; Mercury is 7 degrees north of the first-magnitude star Antares (Alpha Scorpii) at 20:00 UT.
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Saturn is 7 degrees north of the Moon at 10:00 UT.
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Last Quarter Moon occurs at 0:48 UT; the Curtiss Cross, an X-shaped illumination effect located between the craters Parry and Gambart, is predicted to occur at 20:06 UT.
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Mars is 8 degrees north of the Moon at 13:00 UT.
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The peak of the Geminid meteor shower (100 to 120 per hour) occurs at 18:00 UT.
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A total lunar eclipse visible from western North America, Polynesia, Australia, and Asia occurs from 14:06 UT to 14:57 UT; Full Moon (known as the Before Yule, Cold, Long Nights, and Oak Moon) occurs at 14:36 UT.
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The Moon is at apogee, subtending 29'52" from a distance of 405,414 kilometers (248,701 miles), at 1:00 UT; Jupiter is 5 degrees south of the Moon at 20:00 UT.
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Uranus is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 8:00 UT; Mercury is in inferior conjunction at 9:00 UT.
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First Quarter Moon occurs at 9:52 UT; 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 17:00 UT.
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Venus is 3 degrees south of the Moon at 4:00 UT.
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Mercury is 1.7 degrees south of the Moon at 10:00 UT.
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New Moon (lunation 1100) occurs at 6:10 UT; a partial solar eclipse visible from most of New Zealand, Tasmania, Antarctica, and southern South Africa reaches maximum at 6:20 UT.
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Saturn is 7 degrees north of the Moon at 22:00 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 5:52 UT; Mars is 8 degrees north of the Moon at 10:00 UT.
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The peak of the Peak of (20 per hour) occurs at 4:00 UT; Last Quarter Moon occurs at 15:09 UT.