January 2016 Sky
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- On January 2, 2016
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- Beehive cluster, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Perihelion, Pleiades, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, Venus
January 2016 Sky
| 2 | Last Quarter Moon at 5:30 UT. |
| 2 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 12h UT (distance 404,277 km; angular size 29.6′). |
| 2 | Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 23h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983304 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 3 | Moon near Spica (78° from Sun, morning sky) at 7h UT. |
| 3 | Moon near Mars (73° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. +1.2. |
| 4 | Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 8h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up to 120 meteors per hour. Radiant is in northern Boötes. • Quadrantids (Wikipedia) • The Quadrantids (Gary Kronk) |
| 7 | Moon, Venus and Saturn within a 3.6° circle (36° from Sun, morning sky) at 4h UT. Mags. -4.0 & +0.5. |
| 9 | Venus 0.08° N of Saturn (36° from Sun, morning sky) at 4h UT. Mags. -4.0 & +0.5. |
| 10 | New Moon at 1:31 UT. Start of lunation 1151. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) |
| 14 | Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 14h UT. Not visible. The elusive planet passes into the morning sky. |
| 15 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 2h UT (369,619 km; angular size 32.3′). |
| 16 | First Quarter Moon at 23:26 UT. |
| 19 | Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 9h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | Moon very near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 2h UT. Occultation visible from USA and Canada. • Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA) |
| 24 | Full Moon at 1:46 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 24 | Moon near Beehive cluster (midnight sky) at 10h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 26 | Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 4h UT. |
| 28 | Moon near Jupiter (135° from Sun, morning sky) at 0h UT. Mag. -2.3. |
| 30 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 404,553 km; angular size 29.5′). |
| 30 | Moon near Spica (106° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. |
| January 2016 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT – 5 hours. | |
