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Mercury makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.568 AU) at 08:35 UT, 23rd April 2017

Mercury is at perihelion at 09:35 UT, 23rd April 2017

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The waning crescent Moon is near Neptune at 20:11 UT, 22nd April 2017.

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Maximum westerly lunar libration is at 00:45 UT, 22nd April 2017.

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(Look towards Grimaldi crater) 



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Mars is ~3.6° south of the Pleiades star cluster at 11:00 UT, 20th April 2017.

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Pluto is stationary, assuming retrograde motion, at 09:00 UT, 20th April 2017. 

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Mercury is at Inferior conjunction (separation 1.6° from the Sun) at ~05:50 UT, 20th April 2017

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Last Quarter Moon is at 09:57 UT, 19th April 2017

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Maximum southerly lunar declination (-19.096°) is at 13:16 UT, 17th April 2017

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The Moon is 3.0° north of Saturn at ~17:50 UT, 16th April 2017

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Lunar apogee is at 09:57 UT, 15th April 2017

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