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Big Dipper

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  1. The vernal equinox occurs at 16:57 UT.
  2. Mercury is at aphelion today; Mars is 3 degrees north of the Moon at 3:00 UT.
  3. The Moon is 1.7 degrees north of the first-magnitude star Spica (Alpha Virginis), at 21:00 UT.
  4. Full Moon (known as the Crow, Lenten, and Sap Moon) occurs at 17:08 UT; a double Galilean satellite shadow transit begins at 22:21 UT.
  5. Mercury is at greatest western elongation (28 degrees) at 7:00 UT.
  6. The Moon is at apogee, subtending 29 arc minutes from a distance of 405,364 kilometers (251,882 miles), at 20:00 UT.
  7. Jupiter is 5 degrees north of the Moon at 11:00 UT.
  8. A double Galilean satellite shadow transit begins at 20:26 UT.
  9. First Quarter Moon occurs at 13:27 UT; the Lunar X (also known as 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 20:05 UT.
  10. Saturn is stationary at 4:00 UT; Uranus is 2 degrees south of the Moon at 10:00 UT.
  11. New Moon (lunation 1128) occurs at 8:00 UT; asteroid 1 Ceres is stationary at 20:00 UT; Mars is stationary at 21:00 UT.
  12. The Moon is at perigee, subtending 33 arc minutes from a distance of 360,440 kilometers (223,967 miles), at 20:00 UT; Mercury is 3 degrees south of the Moon at 21:00 UT; Mercury is stationary at 23:00 UT.
  13. Venus is 0.4 degree north of the Moon, with an occultation visible from southeast Asia, India, and central and western Africa, at 5:00 UT.
  14. The Curtiss Cross, an X-shaped clair-obscure illumination effect located between the craters Parry and Gambart, is predicted to occur at 7:47 UT; Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun at 18:00 UT.
  15. Last Quarter Moon occurs at 17:15 UT.
  16. Saturn is 0.3 degree north of the Moon, with an occultation visible from New Zealand, most of Australia, and Madagascar, at 22:00 UT.
  17. Mars is 3 degrees north of the Moon at 0:00 UT.
  18. The Moon is 1.6 degrees north of the first-magnitude star Spica (Alpha Virginis) at 15:00 UT.
  19. Venus is at its greatest illuminated extent at 9:00 UT; Mercury is in inferior conjunction at 20:00 UT.
  20. Full Moon (known as the Hunger, Snow, or Storm Moon) occurs at 23:53 UT; Mercury is at its greatest heliocentric latitude north today; Venus is at its greatest heliocentric latitude north today.
  21. The Moon is at apogee, subtending 29 arc minutes from a distance of 406,231 kilometers (252,420 miles), at 5:00 UT.
  22. Jupiter is 5 degrees north of the Moon at 6:00 UT.
  23. The Lunar X (the Purbach or Werner Cross), an X-shaped clair-obscure illumination effect involving various rims and ridges between the craters La Caille, Blanchinus, and Purbach, is predicted to occur at 6:32 UT.
  24. A double Galilean shadow transit (Europa’s shadow follows Callisto’s shadow) begins at 10:23 UT; First Quarter Moon occurs at 19:22 UT.
  25. Mercury is at perihelion today; Uranus is 3 degrees south of the Moon at 23:00 UT.
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