1 |
Moon
near Uranus
at 22h UT (evening sky). Mag. 5.7. Occultation visible from parts of
Europe and Canada.
Uranus
(Wikipedia)
Occultation
of Uranus (IOTA)
Sky
at Night Magazine (BBC)
|
3 |
Moon
near the Pleiades
at 5h UT (evening sky).
The
Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
3 |
Moon
near Mars
at 21h UT (evening sky). Mag. −1.1. Occultation visible from
southern Africa.
Mars
(Wikipedia)
Occultation
of Mars (IOTA)
|
3 |
Moon
near Aldebaran
at 22h UT (evening sky).
Aldebaran
(Wikipedia) |
4 |
Quadrantid
Meteor Shower
peaks at 4h UT. Active between December 26 and January 16. Expect up
to 25 meteors per hour under dark skies. Radiant is in northern
Boφtes.
Moonlight interferes this year.
Meteor
Shower Calendar (IMO)
Quadrantids
(Wikipedia)
|
4 |
Earth
at Perihelion
(closest to Sun) at 16h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983296 a.u.
(147.1 million kilometers).
Sun
at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
5 |
Moon
near M35 star cluster
at 19h UT (morning sky).
Messier
35 (Wikipedia) |
6 |
Full
Moon
at 23:09 UT. |
7 |
Moon
near Castor
at 9h UT (morning sky). |
7 |
Mercury
at inferior conjunction
with the Sun at 13h UT. The innermost planet passes into the morning
sky. |
7 |
Moon
near Pollux
at 14h UT (morning sky). |
8 |
Asteroid
2 Pallas at opposition
at 7h UT. Mag. 7.6.
Pallas
(Wikipedia)
|
8 |
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 406,458km; angular size
29.4'). |
8 |
Moon
near Beehive cluster M44
at 19h UT (morning sky).
Beehive
Cluster (Wikipedia)
M44:
The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
10 |
Moon
near Regulus
at 17h UT (morning sky).
Regulus
(Wikipedia)
|
14 |
Mars
at northernmost declination
at 11h UT. |
15 |
Last
Quarter Moon
at 2:12 UT. |
15 |
Moon
near Spica
at 3h UT (morning sky).
Spica
(Wikipedia)
|
18 |
Moon
near Antares
at 12h UT (morning sky).
Antares
(Wikipedia)
|
21 |
New
Moon
at 20:54 UT. Start of lunation 1238. |
21 |
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 20:55 UT (distance 356,569km; angular size
33.5'). |
22 |
Venus
0.34° SE of Saturn
at 23h UT (evening sky). Mags. −3.9 and 0.8. |
23 |
Moon,
Venus and Saturn
within a circle of diameter 3.6° at 10h UT (22° from Sun, evening
sky). Mags. −3.9 and 0.8. |
23 |
Moon
near Venus
at 11h UT (22° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −3.9.
Venus
(Wikipedia)
|
26 |
Moon
near Jupiter
at 4h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.2.
Jupiter
(Wikipedia)
|
28 |
First
Quarter Moon
at 15:19 UT. |
29 |
Moon
near Uranus
at 4h UT (evening sky). Mag. 5.7. Occultation visible from northern
Canada.
Uranus
(Wikipedia)
Occultation
of Uranus (IOTA)
|
30 |
Mercury
at greatest elongation west
at 6h UT (25° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.1. |
30 |
Moon
near the Pleiades
at 10h UT (evening sky).
The
Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
31 |
Moon
near Mars
at 5h UT (evening sky). Mag. −0.3. Occultation visible from
southern USA, Mexico, Central America, and NW South America.
Mars
(Wikipedia)
Occultation
of Mars (IOTA) |