JANUARY 2024 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 16 January 7 5 Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. NASA / LRO 23 MOON PHASES MON SUN 1 7 14 21 28 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 TUE 3 10 17 24 31 WED 4 11 18 25 THU 5 12 19 26 FRI 6 13 20 27 SAT LAST QUARTER NEW MOON January 4 03:30 UT FIRST QUARTER January 18 03:52 UT DISTANCES Apogee 404,909 km Perigee 362,267 km Apogee 405,777 km January 11 11:57 UT T O FULL MOON January 25 17:54 UT January 1, 15h UT Diameter 29′ 31″ January 13, 11h UT Diameter 32′ 59″ January 29, 8h UT Diameter 29′ 27″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Schluter Crater * Lacus Veris * Hahn Crater * Mare Australe January 5 January 7 January 16 January 23 42 JANUARY 2024 * SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy Double star -1 1 2 3 4 Planet location shown for mid-month α USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label for the direction you're facing is at the bottom. That's the horizon. The center of the map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map above horizons you're not facing. Exact for latitude 40°N. -40° c i n g 3 R 0° -20° Capella AURIGA M38M36 M37 M35 GEMINI α Castor Pollux E g -1 0 1 2 3 4 a Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula S E Bellatrix Betelgeuse ORION M42 Rigel 9h M41 α δ ε F a Sirius β c i n g µ η γ β F ι α β θ HYDRA c i n a α s t ο ι β ε ζ δ γ a F LYNX β g n c i gol β ρ α LEO MINOR E N E Q U A 6h F a Polaris +80° β URSA MINOR Thuban α +60° r o N 5h h t 12h E C L α I P T I C α COLUMBA CANI S MAJOR β ε ο2 γ ERIDANUS β ζ β LEPUS γ α Pleiades Hyades Aldebaran TAURUS CAELUM MONOCEROS M47 M46 CANI S MINOR Procyon CANCER β M44 γ M67 α LEO ζ α γ δ PERSEUS ε CAMELOPARDAL I S M82 M81 α Alcor Mizar URSA MAJOR M48 λ α δ ε ζ κ β γ B i g D i p p e r M50 α α λ ξ ο β Moon Jan 21 Moon Jan 25