Sky & Telescope - January 2025 - SGA4

Sirius Rises
Upper Culm. of Polaris
Uranus Transits
Pleiades Transit
Jupiter Transits
Orion Nebula M42 Transits
Neptune Sets
Sirius Transits
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Pollux Transits
Regulus Transits
Uranus Sets
Antares Rises
Lower Culmination of Polaris
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Neptune Rises
Saturn Rises
Uranus Rises
Deneb Transits
Betelgeuse Rises
Neptune Transits
Jupiter Rises
Sirius Rises
Upper Culmination of Polaris
Pleiades Transit
Orion Nebula M42 Transits
Neptune Sets
Sirius Transits
Pollux Transits
Regulus Transits
Uranus Sets
Antares
Rises
Almanac 2025
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EVENING SKY
Jan 9 Venus is 47°
east of the
Sun
Jan 15 Mars comes to
opposition
Jan 18 Saturn is 2.2° left
of Venus
Feb 24 Mercury is 1.6°
right of Saturn
Mar 1 Neptune is 2.0° left
of Mercury
Mar 7 Mercury is 18° east of
the Sun
May 5 The Beehive Cluster is
0.6° lower left of Mars
Jun 8 Mercury is 2.0° upper right
of Jupiter
Jun 17 Regulus is 0.8° below Mars
Jun 20 Summer solstice, 10:42 p.m.
EDT; the day lasts 15h
01m
latitude 40° north
Jun 24 Latest end of evening twilight
Jun 27 Latest sunset
Jul 2 Beehive is 1.2° above Mercury
Jul 3 Earth is 94,502,939 miles from
the Sun (aphelion) at 3:55 p.m.
EDT; Mercury is 26° from the Sun
Sep 7 A total lunar eclipse for Asia lasts
83 minutes centered on 18:12 UT;
in western Europe the eclipse is
under way as the Moon rises
Sep 13 Spica is 2.2° below Mars
Sep 20 Saturn comes to opposition
Sep 22 Fall begins at the equinox, 2:19
p.m. EDT; Neptune reaches
opposition
Oct 19 Mercury is 2.0° lower left of
Mars
Oct 29 Mercury is 24° from the
Sun
Nov 12 Mercury is 1.2° lower
left of Mars
Nov 20 Uranus stands at
opposition
Dec 4 Earliest end of
evening twilight
Dec 7 Earliest sunset
Dec 21 Shortest day,
9h
20m
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Conjunction
(appulse)
7
Greatest
elongation
8
Greatest illuminated
extent
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8
Rise
Geminids
6
Set
9
Opposition
10
New
Moon
11 Midnight 1
First
Full
Quarter
Moon
2
Last
Quarter
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Ursids
5
Waxing
(moonset)
6 7 a.m.
Waning
(moonrise)
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22
29
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Set
Sun
fast
3
Northern
Taurids
4
Leonids
2
elong
Orionids
27
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Southern
Taurids
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Perseids
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Rise
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Delta
Aquariids
28
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Apr 10
Apr 17
Apr 21
May 3
Jun 1
Jun 14
Jun 17
Jul 4
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15
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Aquariids
5
12
Mar 20
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Rise
14
Lyrids
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Sun
slow
13
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Jan 7
Rise
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Set
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Jan 4
MORNING SKY
Earth is
91,405,993
miles from the
Sun (perihelion)
at 8:28 a.m. EST;
latest sunrise at
latitude 40° north
Latest onset of
morning twilight
Mar 14 A total eclipse of the
Moon, visible throughout
North America, lasts 66
minutes centered on 2:59
a.m. EDT (11:59 p.m. PDT
on the 13th); in western
Europe the eclipse starts
toward dawn
Spring begins at the equinox,
5:01 a.m. EDT
Mar 29 A partial solar eclipse occurs
Jul 6
Aug 12
Aug 19
Sep 1
15
Sep 2
Sep 19
Sep 22
Nov 25
Dec 7
Dec 21
22
for most of Europe, Iceland,
Greenland, and some of
northeastern North America
Mercury is 2.0° left of Saturn
Neptune is 0.7° above Mercury
Mercury is 27° west of the Sun
Neptune is 2.0° from Venus
Venus is 46° west of the Sun
Earliest sunrise of the year
Earliest onset of twilight
Uranus is 2.4° upper left of
Venus
Neptune is 1.0° from Saturn
Jupiter is 0.9° upper left of
Venus
Mercury is 19° from the Sun
The Beehive Cluster is 1.3°
upper left of Venus
Regulus is 1.2° lower right
of Mercury
Regulus is 0.6° lower
right of Venus
Partial solar eclipse
for New Zealand
Mercury is 1.4°
upper left of Venus
Mercury is 21°
west of the Sun
Winter solstice,
10:03 a.m. EST
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