Sky & Telescope - January 2025 - SGA1

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Skygazer's
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EVEN I NG
EVENING SKY
Jan 3 Latest end of evening twilight
Jan 4 Earth is 147,103,686 km from the Sun
(perihelion) near 11:28 p.m. AEST
Jan 9 Latest sunset at latitude 30° south
Jan 10 Venus stands at greatest elongation, 47°
east of the Sun
Jan 15 Mars comes to opposition tonight
Jan 18 Saturn is 2.2° upper left of Venus
Feb 25 Mercury is 1.4° lower right of Saturn
Mar 2 Neptune is 1.8° upper left of Mercury
Mar 8 Mercury is 18° east of the Sun
Mar 20 Autumnal equinox, 7:01 p.m. AEST
May 5 Beehive Cluster is 0.6° left of Mars
Jun 7 Earliest end of evening twilight
Jun 8 Mercury is 2.1° lower right of
Jupiter
Jun 10 Earliest sunset of the year
Jun 17 Regulus is 0.7° left of Mars
Jun 21 Winter begins at the solstice,
12:42 p.m. AEST; shortest
day of the year, 10h
13m
Jul 3 Beehive is 1.2° right of
Mercury
Jul 4 Mercury is 26° east of
the Sun
Sep 21 Saturn's opposition
Sep 23 Neptune's opposition
Oct 19 Mercury is 2.0° left
of Mars
Oct 29 Mercury is 24° east
of the Sun
Nov 13 Mercury is 1.3° left
of Mars
Nov 21 Uranus comes to
opposition
Dec 21 Longest day of
the year, 14h
MORNING SKY
Mar 14 A total eclipse of
the Moon, lasting
66 minutes
centered on 6:59
UT, may be seen
in South America
Mar 29 Partial solar
eclipse for Europe
Apr 11 Mercury is 2.0°
lower left of Saturn
Apr 17 Neptune is just
0.7° lower left of
Mercury
Apr 22 Mercury is 27° west
of the Sun
May 4 Neptune is 2.0° upper
right of Venus
Jun 1 Venus is 46° west of
the Sun
Jul 1 Latest sunrise
Jul 4 Earth is 152,087,738 km
from the Sun (aphelion)
at 5:55 a.m. AEST; latest
onset of morning twilight
Jul 5 Uranus is 2.4° left of
Venus
Jul 7 Neptune is 1.0° lower left
of Saturn
Aug 12 Jupiter is 1.0° from Venus
Aug 20 Mercury is 19° west of the
Sun
Sep 1 Beehive is 1.3° lower left of
Venus
Sep 3 Regulus is 1.3° above Mercury
Sep 8 Total lunar eclipse for Australia,
lasting 83 minutes centered on
4:12 a.m. AEST; in Africa the
eclipse is already under way as
the Moon rises on the 7th
Sep 20 Regulus is 0.5° above Venus
Sep 22 A partial solar eclipse is visible
from New Zealand
Sep 23 Spring begins at the equinox, 4:19
a.m. AEST
Nov 25 Mercury is 1.1° below Venus
Dec 3 Earliest sunrise of the year
Dec 8 Mercury stands 21° west of the Sun
Dec 9 Earliest onset of morning twilight
Dec 22 Summer solstice, 1:03 a.m. AEST
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