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Close Approach of Saturn to the Moon

The Moon and Saturn will make a close approach, passing within 1°47' of each other.

From Los Angeles, the pair will become visible at around 18:35 (PDT) as the dusk sky fades, 31° above your southern horizon. They will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 12 minutes after the Sun at 22:31.

The Moon will be at mag -11.4, and Saturn at mag 0.3, both in the constellation Sagittarius.

The pair will be too widely separated to fit within the field of view of a telescope, but will be visible to the naked eye or through a pair of binoculars. (via in-the-sky.org)

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