January 2025 Sky
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January 2025 Sky
| 3 | Moon near Venus at 17h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.4. • Venus (Wikipedia) |
| 3 | Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 17:45h UT. Active between December 26 and January 16. Expect up to 25 meteors per hour under dark skies. Radiant is in northern Boötes. Northern hemisphere only. • Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO) • Quadrantids (Wikipedia) |
| 4 | Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 13h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 0.983327 a.u. (147.1 million kilometers). • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 4 | Moon near Saturn at 18h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.2. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 6 | First Quarter Moon at 23:56 UT. |
| 8 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 00:24 UT (distance 370,171km; angular size 32.3′). |
| 10 | Moon near the Pleiades at 2h UT (evening sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 10 | Venus at greatest elongation east at 5h UT (47° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −4.4. |
| 10 | Moon near Jupiter at 23h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.7. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | Venus at dichotomy (D-shape) at 2h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.4. • Dichotomy (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | Moon near M35 star cluster at 9h UT (evening sky). • Messier 35 (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | Mars nearest to Earth at 14h UT, 0.642 a.u. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 13 | Moon near Castor at 17h UT (evening sky). |
| 13 | Moon near Pollux at 22h UT (evening sky). |
| 13 | Full Moon at 22:27 UT. |
| 14 | Moon near Mars at 5h UT (midnight sky). Mag. −1.4. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 15 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 0h UT (morning sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) |
| 16 | Mars at Opposition at 3h UT. Mag. −1.4. |
| 16 | Moon near Regulus at 18h UT (morning sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 18 | Venus 2.2° NNW of Saturn at 18h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.5 and 1.2. |
| 21 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 5h UT (distance 404,298km; angular size 29.6′). |
| 21 | Moon near Spica at 5h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 21 | Last Quarter Moon at 20:31 UT. |
| 25 | Moon near Antares at 1h UT (55° from Sun, morning sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 29 | New Moon at 12:36 UT. Start of lunation 1263. |
January 2025 Sky All times Universal Time (UT).
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