January 2015 Sky
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January 2015 Sky
| 1 | Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 17h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 2 | Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 12h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) |
| 4 | Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 2h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up to 120 meteors per hour. Radiant is in northern Boötes. • The Quadrantids (Gary Kronk) |
| 4 | Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 7h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983277 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 5 | Full Moon at 4:53 UT. |
| 5 | Moon near Pollux (morning sky) at 23h UT. |
| 7 | Moon near Beehive Cluster (morning sky) at 2h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 8 | Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 6h UT. Mag. -2.5. |
| 9 | Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 0h UT. |
| 9 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 18h UT (distance 405,408 km; angular size 29.5′). |
| 11 | Mercury 0.65° W of Venus (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mags. -0.7 and -3.9. |
| 13 | Last Quarter Moon at 9:46 UT. |
| 13 | Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 12h UT. |
| 14 | Mercury at greatest elongation, 19° east of Sun (evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. -0.6. Near Venus. |
| 16 | Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 12h UT. Mag. +0.6. |
| 20 | Mars 0.21° SSE of Neptune (36° from Sun, evening sky) at 0h UT. Mags. +1.2 and +8.0. |
| 20 | New Moon at 13:14 UT. Start of lunation 1139. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) |
| 21 | Moon near Mercury (16° from Sun, evening sky) at 18h UT. Mag. +0.6. |
| 21 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 20h UT (359,645 km; angular size 33.2′). |
| 22 | Moon near Venus (22° from Sun, evening sky) at 2h UT. Mag. -3.9. |
| 23 | Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 3h UT. Mag. +1.2. |
| 25 | Moon near Uranus (evening sky) at 12h UT. Mag. +5.9. Occultation in northern Asia, Russia, the Middle East, southern Europe, and the northern half of Africa. |
| 27 | First Quarter Moon at 7:48 UT. |
| 28 | Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 22h UT. |
| 29 | Moon very near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 18h UT. Occultation visible from northern Canada. |
| 30 | Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 14h UT. Not visible. The elusive planet passes into the morning sky. • Superior & Inferior Conjunctions (Wikipedia) |
| January 2015 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT – 5 hours. | |
