Sky & Telescope - January 2024 - SA4

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Sirius Rises
Jupiter Transits
Upper Culm. of Polaris
Uranus Transits
Pleiades Transit
Orion Nebula M42 Transits
Neptune Sets
Sirius Transits
Pollux Transits
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Regulus Transits
Uranus Sets
Antares Rises
Lower Culmination of Polaris
Saturn Rises
Neptune Rises
Uranus Rises
Deneb Transits
Jupiter Rises
Betelgeuse Rises
Neptune Transits
Sirius Rises
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Upper Culmination of Polaris
Pleiades Transit
Orion Nebula M42 Transits
Neptune Sets
Sirius Transits
Pollux Transits
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Regulus Transits
Uranus Sets
Antares Rises
Almanac 2024
Skygazer's
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EVENING SKY
Jan 2 Earth is
91,404,095
miles from the
Sun (perihelion)
at 7:39 p.m.
EST
Mar 19 Spring begins at
the equinox, 11:06
p.m. EDT
Mar 24 Mercury stands at
greatest elongation,
19° east of the Sun
Apr 8 A total solar eclipse
occurs in a path from
Mexico across Texas to
Maine and Newfoundland;
the eclipse is partial in the
rest of North America,
except Alaska
Apr 20 Uranus is 0.5° from Jupiter
Jun 20 Longest day, 15h
01m
at
latitude 40° north; summer
begins at the solstice, 4:51 p.m.
EDT
Jun 24 Latest end of evening twilight
Jun 27 Latest sunset
Jul 6 Mercury is almost centered on the
Beehive Cluster (M44)
Jul 21 Mercury is 27° east of the Sun
Jul 24 Regulus is 2.1° above Mercury
Aug 4 Regulus is 1.0° from Venus
Sep 7 Saturn is at opposition tonight
Sep 17 North America has a slight
partial eclipse of the Moon
around 10:44 p.m. EDT
Sep 20 Neptune is at opposition
Oct 2 An annular solar eclipse goes
over southern Chile and
Argentina
Nov 15 Mercury is 23° east
Nov 16 Uranus's opposition
Dec 4 Earliest end of evening
twilight
Dec 7 Earliest sunset;
Jupiter reaches
opposition
tonight
Dec 21 Shortest day,
9h
20m
at
latitude 40°
north
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6
13
20
27
3
10
17
Rise
24
1
8
15
22
29
5 p.m. 6
Conjunction
(appulse)
7
Greatest
elongation
8
Greatest illuminated
extent
9
Opposition
10
New
Moon
11 Midnight 1
First
Full
Quarter
Moon
2
Last
Quarter
A
3
Apogee PerigeeP
4
5
Waxing
(moonset)
(moonrise)
4
A
Set
5
9
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Geminids
Rise
6
A
Ursids
16
23
30
6 7 a.m.
Waning
Set
Sun
fast
3
Northern
Taurids
P
18
Leonids
25
2
Rise
2
elong
Orionids
A
28
4
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Set
29
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Taurids S
Southern
Taurids
14
P
21
A
15
P
24
22
Rise
8
Set
16
18
25
1
A
23
9
4
A
11
P
Rise
Set
22
26
2
Perseids
12
19
2
17
9
16
23
30
7
14
21
28
P
Rise
21
Set
A
18
Rise
P
19
Set
A
20
Delta
Aquariids
29
5
24
1
8
15
22
Jun 13
Jun 17
Jul 5
10
17
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3
10
Set
17
12
24
Rise
31
Uranus Sets
7
Set
14
A
21
28
5
12
19
26
Rise
Set
A
16
20
27
Apr 10
Apr 19
Apr 29
May 9
May 31
Jun 4
Rise
P
15
Eta
Aquariids
13
6
14
Lyrids
29
15
22
13
P
8
Sun
slow
A
1
25
Jan 8
18
A
Rise
Equation
of time
11
11
4
P
Jan 5
MORNING SKY
Latest
sunrise at
latitude 40°
north
Latest onset of
morning twilight
Jan 12 Mercury comes to
greatest elongation,
24° west of the Sun
Jan 27 Mercury is 0.3° above
Mars
Feb 22 Mars is 0.6° lower right
of Venus
Mar 21 Saturn is 0.6° lower left of
Venus
Mar 25 A penumbral eclipse of the
Moon occurs for the Americas,
with shading deepest near 3:13
a.m. EDT
Jul 15
Aug 14
Sep 5
23
Saturn is 0.5° below Mars
Mercury is 1.7° above Venus
Neptune is 0.1° from Mars
Mercury is 26° west of the Sun
Uranus is 1.3° above Mercury
Mercury is 0.1° lower right of
Jupiter
Earliest sunrise of the year
Earliest onset of morning
twilight
Earth is 94,510,539 miles from
the Sun (aphelion) at 1:06
a.m. EDT
Uranus is 0.6° upper left of
Mars
Mars is 0.4° above Jupiter
Mercury is at greatest
elongation, 18° west of
the Sun
The cluster M35 is 0.9°
upper left of Mars
Regulus is 0.5° right of
Mercury
Fall begins at the
equinox, 8:44 a.m.
EDT
Winter begins at
the solstice, 4:20
a.m. EST
Mercury is 22°
west of the Sun
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Dec 21
Dec 25
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10
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Sep 9
Sep 22
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End of
Sunset
evening twilight
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MARCH 370
FEBRUARY 341
JANUARY 310
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