January 2018 Sky
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- On December 31, 2017
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- Aldebaran, Beehive cluster, Earth at Perihelion, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Quadrantid Meteor Shower, Regulus, Saturn, Supermoon, Total Eclipse of the Moon, Total Lunar Eclipse, Venus, Venus at superior conjunction
January 2018 Sky
| 1 | Mercury at greatest elongation west (23° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. −0.3. |
| 1 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21:54 UT (356,565 km; angular size 33.5′). Closest of 2018. |
| 2 | Full Moon at 2:24 UT. |
| 3 | Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 6h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983284 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 3 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 20h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 3 | Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 22h 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) |
| 5 | Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 8h UT. Occultation visible from Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland and Iceland. • Occultation of Regulus (IOTA) |
| 8 | Last Quarter Moon at 22:25 UT. |
| 9 | Venus at superior conjunction with the Sun at 6h UT. Passes into the evening sky (not visible). |
| 11 | Moon near Jupiter and Mars (60° from Sun, morning sky) at 10h UT. Mags. −1.9 and 1.4. |
| 13 | Mercury 0.6° S of Saturn (20° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT. Mags −0.3 and 0.5. |
| 15 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 406,464 km; angular size 29.4′). |
| 17 | New Moon at 2:17 UT. Start of lunation 1176. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) |
| 24 | First Quarter Moon at 22:20 UT. |
| 27 | Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 9h UT. Occultation visible from NW Canada, Alaska, NE Asia. • Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA) |
| 30 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 10h UT (358,994 km; angular size 33.3′). |
| 31 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (midnight sky) at 7h UT. |
| 31 | Total Eclipse of the Moon begins at 12:52 UT and ends at 14:08 UT. Mid-eclipse at 13:30 UT. Partial phases begin at 11:48 UT and end at 15:11 UT. The Moon will appear red-orange in color during totality (the color of Earth’s sunsets). Visible from west North America, the Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Russia and India.
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| 31 | Full Moon at 13:27 UT. |
| January 2018 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
