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    10-hour Moon 0.078 degrees south of Antares.

    11:08 Moon occults Antares

    22-hour Moon is in Ophiuchus.

    11-hour Moon at apogee .002705637433814 AU (251,558 miles or 404,757 km)

    13-hour Moon 15.602 degrees south of Juno

    14-hour Southern lunistice. Moon 27.37 degrees south of the celestial equator.

    21-hour Moon is in Sagittarius.

    01-hour Pluto 9.773 degrees north of Moon

    10-hour Mercury 2.393 degrees south of Sun

    11-hour Mercury becomes a morning object.

    16-hour Jupiter at eastern quadrature.

    07-hour Jupiter 2.506 degrees north of Moon

    9:04 First Quarter Moon

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