Sky & Telescope - January 2025 - SGA7

Sirius Rises
Upper Culmination of Polaris
Pleiades Transit
Uranus Transits
Jupiter Transits
Orion Nebula M42 Transits
Neptune Sets
Sirius Transits
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Pollux Transits
Regulus Transits
Antares Rises
Lower Culmination of Polaris
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Uranus Rises
Deneb Transits
Betelgeuse Rises
Saturn Transits
Neptune Transits
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Sirius Rises
Upper Culmination of Polaris
Pleiades Transit
Uranus Transits
Orion Nebula M42 Transits
Neptune Sets
Sirius Transits
Pollux Transits
Regulus Transits
Uranus Sets
Antares
Rises
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EVENING SKY
Jan 4 Around 13:28 UT
the Earth's center
is 147,103,686 km
from the Sun (at
perihelion)
Jan 9 Venus comes to greatest
elongation, 47° east of the
Sun
Jan 15 Mars reaches opposition
tonight
Jan 18 Saturn is 2.2° to the lower left
of Venus
Feb 25 Mercury is 1.6° upper right of
Saturn
Mar 2 Neptune is 1.9° lower left of
Mercury
Mar 7 Mercury stands 18° east of the Sun
May 5 The Beehive Cluster in Cancer is just
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 21 Longest day, 16h
22m at latitude 50° north
Jun 25 Latest sunset of the year
Jul 2 Beehive is 1.2° above Mercury
Jul 3 Earth is 152,087,738 km from the Sun
(aphelion) at 19:55 UT; Mercury is 26° east of
the Sun
Sep 7 In western Europe, a total lunar eclipse is
under way as the Moon rises at sunset;
across Asia totality lasts 83 minutes
centered on 18:12 UT
Sep 20 Saturn comes to opposition tonight
Sep 22 Autumn begins at the equinox, 18:19 UT
Sep 23 Neptune is at opposition
Oct 2 Spica is 1.8° lower left of Mercury
Oct 19 Mercury is 2.0° below Mars
Oct 29 Mercury is at greatest elongation, 24°
east of the Sun
Nov 12 Mercury is 1.3° lower left of Mars
Nov 21 Uranus comes to opposition
tonight
Dec 9 Earliest end of evening
twilight
Dec 12 Earliest sunset of the year
Dec 21 Winter begins at the
solstice, 15:03 UT;
shortest day, 8h
04m
at latitude 50°
north
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Conjunction
(appulse)
Greatest
elongation
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Greatest illuminated
extent
9
Opposition
10
New
Moon
11 Midnight 1
Full
First
Quarter
Moon
2
Last
Quarter
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Apogee
3
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Perigee
5
Waxing
(moonset)
6 7 a.m.
Waning
(moonrise)
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Sun
fast
Southern
Taurids
2
Orionids
27
3
3
Rise
Northern
Taurids
4
Leonids
10
17
A
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5
Rise
A
Geminids
6
Ursids
1
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Delta
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Aquariids
Perseids
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May 3
Jun 1
Jun 16
Jun 21
Jul 5
Jul 6
Aug 12
Aug 19
Set
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Aquariids
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Rise
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Lyrids
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Jan 3
MORNING SKY
Latest onset
of morning
twilight
Mar 14 A total eclipse of
the Moon is visible
throughout North
America, lasting 66
minutes centered on
6:59 UT; for western
Europe the eclipse starts
toward dawn
Mar 20 Spring begins at the equinox,
9:01 UT
Mar 29 A partial solar eclipse occurs for
most of Europe as well as Iceland,
Greenland, and far northeastern
North America
Apr 10 Mercury is 2.0° left of Saturn
Neptune is 0.7° above Mercury
Apr 22 Mercury comes to greatest elongation,
27° west of the Sun
Neptune is 2.0° lower right of Venus
Sep 1
Sep 2
Sep 20
Sep 22
Venus is 46° west of the Sun
Earliest sunrise at latitude 50° north
Summer begins at the solstice, 2:42 UT
Uranus is 2.4° above Venus
Neptune is 1.0° upper left of Saturn
Jupiter is 0.9° upper left of Venus
Mercury is at greatest elongation, 19°
west of the Sun; the Beehive Cluster is
2.3° upper left of Mercury
Beehive is 1.2° upper left of Venus
Regulus is 1.5° below Mercury
Regulus is 0.8° right of Venus
A partial eclipse of the Sun is
visible from New Zealand
Mercury is 1.1° upper left of
Venus
Mercury reaches greatest
elongation, 21° west of
the Sun
Latest sunrise of the
year
Nov 25
Dec 8
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