2 Mercury at westernmost elongation at 8h UT (19.5° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 0.3. 3 Moon near Saturn at 23h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.6. 6 Last Quarter Moon at 2:22 UT. 6 Mercury 7.6° South of Pollux at 6h UT (20° from Sun, morning sky)

1 Mercury at northernmost declination (25.6°) at 19h UT. 8 Venus 4.7° S of Pollux at 0h UT (36° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. −4.0 and 1.2. 8 Last Quarter Moon at 10:02 UT. 9 Venus 1.6° NNE of Jupiter at 21h UT (37° from Sun, evening sky).

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.