January 2020 Sky
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- On January 28, 2020
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- Aldebaran, Antares, Beehive cluster M44, Castor, Earth at Perihelion, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury at superior conjunction, Neptune, Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, Pleiades, Pollux, Quadrantid Meteor Shower, Regulus, Spica, Venus
January 2020 Sky
| 2 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 1h UT (distance 404,580 km; angular size 29.5′). |
| 3 | First Quarter Moon at 4:46 UT. |
| 4 | Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 8h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up to 120 meteors per hour. Radiant in northern Boötes. • Quadrantids (Wikipedia) • Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO) |
| 5 | Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 8h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983244 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) |
| 7 | Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 4h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 7 | Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 21h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) |
| 10 | Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 15h UT. The elusive planet passes into the evening sky. |
| 10 | Full Moon at 19:22 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 10 | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse from 17:08 to 21:12 UT, mid-eclipse at 19:10 UT. Best seen near mid-eclipse. Visible worldwide except from most of North and South America. • NASA Lunar Eclipse Page (NASA) • Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of 2020 January 10 (PDF) (NASA) |
| 10 | Moon near Castor (morning sky) at 22h UT. |
| 11 | Moon near Pollux (morning sky) at 3h UT. |
| 12 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 2h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 13 | Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 15h UT. • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 13 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 20:23 UT (distance 365,958 km; angular size 32.7′). |
| 17 | Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 9h UT. • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 17 | Last Quarter Moon at 12:59 UT. |
| 18 | Mars 4.7° N of Antares (morning sky) at 9h UT. Mags. 1.5 and 1.0. |
| 20 | Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 18h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. 1.5. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 23 | Moon near Jupiter (21° from Sun, morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag. −1.9. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 24 | New Moon at 21:43 UT. Start of lunation 1201. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) |
| 27 | Venus 0.07° SE of Neptune (40° from Sun, evening sky) at 21h UT. Neptune appears like a pale blue dot. Mags. −4.1 and 7.9. |
| 28 | Moon near Venus (40° from Sun, evening sky) at 11h UT. Mag. −4.1. • Venus (Wikipedia) |
| 29 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 21h UT (distance 405,393 km; angular size 29.5′). |
| January 2020 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
