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3
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Moon near Venus at 17h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.4.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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3
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 17:45h UT. Active between December 26 and January 16. Expect up to 25 meteors per hour under dark skies. Radiant is in northern Boötes. Northern hemisphere only.
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
• Quadrantids (Wikipedia)
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4
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Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 13h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 0.983327 a.u. (147.1 million kilometers).
• Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
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4
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Moon near Saturn at 18h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.2.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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6
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First Quarter Moon at 23:56 UT.
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8
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 00:24 UT (distance 370,171km; angular size 32.3').
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10
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Moon near the Pleiades at 2h UT (evening sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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10
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Venus at greatest elongation east at 5h UT (47° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −4.4.
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10
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Moon near Jupiter at 23h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.7.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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12
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Venus at dichotomy (D-shape) at 2h UT (evening sky). Mag. −4.4.
• Dichotomy (Wikipedia)
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12
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 9h UT (evening sky).
• Messier 35 (Wikipedia)
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12
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Mars nearest to Earth at 14h UT, 0.642 a.u.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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13
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Moon near Castor at 17h UT (evening sky).
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13
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Moon near Pollux at 22h UT (evening sky).
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13
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Full Moon at 22:27 UT.
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14
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Moon near Mars at 5h UT (midnight sky). Mag. −1.4.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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15
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 0h UT (morning sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
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16
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Mars at Opposition at 3h UT. Mag. −1.4.
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16
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Moon near Regulus at 18h UT (morning sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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18
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Venus 2.2° NNW of Saturn at 18h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.5 and 1.2.
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21
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 5h UT (distance 404,298km; angular size 29.6').
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21
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Moon near Spica at 5h UT (morning sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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21
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Last Quarter Moon at 20:31 UT.
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25
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Moon near Antares at 1h UT (55° from Sun, morning sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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29
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New Moon at 12:36 UT. Start of lunation 1263.
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Standard Time = UT − 5 hours.
- US Pacific Standard Time = UT − 8 hours.
- Australian Eastern Daylight Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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