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    Asteroid Iris is at opposition, 1 a.m. EST
    The moon passes 1.4° north of Venus, 10 a.m. EST (page 69)
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    New moon is at 8:03 a.m. EST; partial solar eclipse
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    Uranus is in conjunction with the sun, 2 a.m. EST
    The moon passes 1.8° south of Mercury, 2 p.m. EST
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    The moon passes 4° south of Mars, noon EST
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    The moon passes 4° south of Jupiter, 9 p.m. EST
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    The moon passes 3° south of Saturn, 7 p.m. EST
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    First quarter moon is at 6:21 p.m. EST
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    The moon passes 1.2° north of Aldebaran, 10 p.m. EST
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    Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation (18°), 8 p.m. EST (page 67)
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    The moon is at perigee (226,486 miles from Earth), 9:33 p.m. EST
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    Full moon is at 11:27 a.m. EST
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    Venus passes 0.5° south of Neptune, 1 a.m. EST
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    Last quarter moon is at 10:53 p.m. EST
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    The moon is at apogee (251,416 miles from Earth), 3:46 p.m. EST

 Times listed are for eastern standard time. Subtract 1 hour to get central time, 2 hours for mountain
 time, and 3 hours for Pacific time. To get Universal Time, add 5 hours.
 

  Courtesy of Astronomy Magazine