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Mars is 0.5 degree south of the bright open cluster M44 (Praesepe or the Beehive Cluster) in Cancer at 1:11 UT.
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Venus is 1.3 degrees south of Saturn at 23:00 UT.
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Moon/Venus/Saturn conjunction. Mercury conjunction with Sun
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The Moon is at perigee, subtending 33 arc minutes from a distance of 357,557 kilometers (221,176 miles), at 1:00 UT; Venus is 6 degrees north of the Moon at 10:00 UT; Saturn is 7 degrees north of the Moon at 14:00 UT; Mercury is in superior conjunction at 20:00 UT. -
New Moon (lunation 1098) occurs at 11:09 UT.
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Uranus (apparent size 3.7", magnitude 5.7) is at opposition at 0:00 UT.
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Mars is 5 degrees north of the Moon at 8:00 UT; the autumnal equinox occurs in the northern hemisphere at 9:05 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 3:40 UT.
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Last Quarter Moon occurs at 13:39 UT.
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Ceres (magnitude 7.7) is at opposition at 17:00 UT; Jupiter is 5 degrees south of the Moon at 18:00 UT.
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Uranus is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 18:00 UT.
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Full Moon (known as the Barley, Corn, or Fruit Moon), this year’s Harvest Moon, occurs at 9:27 UT.
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Mars is 6 degrees south of the first-magnitude star Pollux (Beta Geminorum) at 2:00 UT; Neptune is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 21:00 UT.
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Mercury is 0.7 degree north of the first-magnitude star Regulus (Alpha Leonis) at 2:00 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 0:18 UT.
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First Quarter Moon occurs at 17:39 UT.
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Mercury is at greatest western elongation (18 degrees) at 6:00 UT.
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Saturn is 7 degrees north of the Moon at 23:00 UT.
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**PHOTO OPPORTUNITY** August 2-3 Comet Garradd (C/2009 P1) passes north of globular cluster M15 in Pegasus.
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New Moon (lunation 1097) occurs at 3:04 UT.
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Mercury is 3 degrees north of the Moon at 1:00 UT.
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Mars is 3 degrees north of the Moon at 14:00 UT.
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The Moon is 1.9 degrees south of M35 at 15:00 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 15:46 UT; Neptune (magnitude 7.8, apparent size 2.3") is at opposition at 23:00 UT.
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Last Quarter Moon occurs at 21:54 UT.
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Jupiter is 5 degrees south of the Moon at 12:00 UT.