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Asteroid 3 Juno is 0.7 degree south of the Moon at 0:00 UT.
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Saturn is 8 degrees north of the Moon at 6:00 UT.
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The peak of the Southern Taurid meteor shower (5 to 10 per hour) occurs at 16:00 UT.
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New Moon (lunation 1087) occurs at 4:52 UT.
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A double Galilean shadow transit begins at 8:13 UT; Mars is 1.6 degrees north of the Moon at 22:00 UT.
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Mars is 4 degrees north of the first-magnitude star Antares (Alpha Scorpii) at 3:00 UT.
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The peak of the Northern Taurid meteor shower (5 to 10 per hour) occurs at 16:00 UT.
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First Quarter Moon occurs at 16:38 UT; the Lunar X (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 17:38 UT.
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Neptune is 5 degrees south of the Moon at 6:00 UT.
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Jupiter is 7 degrees south of the Moon at 16:00 UT; Venus is stationary at 16:00 UT; Uranus is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 22:00 UT.
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The peak of the Leonid meteor shower (20 per hour) occurs at 22:00 UT.
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Full Moon, known as the Beaver or Frost Moon, occurs at 17:27 UT; the Moon is 1.3 degrees south of the bright open cluster M45 (the Pleiades) in Taurus at 18:00 UT.
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The Moon is 0.8 degree south of the bright open cluster M35 in Gemini at 5:00 UT.
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Last Quarter Moon occurs at 20:36 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 21:58 UT.
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New Moon (lunation 1086) occurs at 18:44 UT; Venus is stationary at 19:00 UT.
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The peak of the Draconid or Giacobinid meteor shower (10 to 30 per hour) occurs at 13:00 UT.
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Venus is 3 degrees south of the Moon at 19:00 UT.
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Mars is 4 degrees north of the Moon at 2:00 UT.
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First Quarter Moon occurs at 21:27 UT.
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Clocks move backwards one hour at 2am BST (1am UT/GMT).
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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 3:41 UT.
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Mercury is in superior conjunction at 1:00 UT; Neptune is 5 degrees south of the Moon at 22:00 UT.
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Jupiter is 7 degrees south of the Moon at 11:00 UT; Uranus is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 15:00 UT; Comet 103P/Hartley is closest to the Earth (0.121 a.u.) at 17:00 UT. -
The peak of the Orionid meteor shower (normally 10 to 20 per hour) occurs at 16:00 UT.