Thursday 29 October to Thursday November 5

The Last Quarter Moon is Monday November 2. Occultation of Beta Tauri 29th. Daytime occultation of Jupiter Tuesday November 3. Saturn is past opposition, but still magnificent in telescopes. The waning Moon is between Mars and Jupiter low in the morning sky on the 3rd. In the evening. Mercury is lost in the twilight. The Last Quarter Moon is Monday November 2. The Moon at perigee, when it is closest to the Earth, on October 29, difficult occultation of Beta Tauri is also on the 29th. Daytime occultation of Jupiter Tuesday November 3.North-Eastern horizon on the morning of Tuesday, November 3 as seen from Adelaide at 4:52 ACDST (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Saturn is just above the western horizon. Mars forms a line with Jupiter and the bright star Regulus. The pair come closer over the week ahead of a spectacular meeting mid November.The waning Moon is in between Mars and Jupiter, with the Moon occulting Jupiter later in the morning.The insets shows the telescopic…