Full Moon at 22:09 UT. 3 Moon near Regulus at 5h UT (morning sky). 7 Moon near Spica at 8h UT (morning sky). 9 Last Quarter Moon at 12:44 UT. 10 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 404,576km; angular size 29.5'). 11 Moon near Antares at 5h UT ( morning sky).

January 28, 1986 is a date permanently etched into the history of space exploration—and into the memories of millions who witnessed it live.

Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21:39 UT (distance 360,348km; angular size 33.2'). 2 Moon near M35 Cluster at 18h UT (evening sky). 3 Full Moon at 10:03 UT. 3 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 17h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983302 a.u. (147.1 million kilometers).

1 New Moon at 6:26 UT. Start of lunation 1228. 2 Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 23h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky. • Mercury (Wikipedia) 5 Mars 0.3° SE of Saturn at 2h UT (53° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.0 and 0.9. Visible in a telescope at