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New Moon at 11:14 UT. Start of lunation 1126.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21h UT (356,923 km; angular size 33.5').
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Moon near Venus (15° from Sun, evening sky) at 11h UT. Mag. -4.3.
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 19h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up to 120 meteors per hour. Radiant is in northern Boötes.
• The Quadrantids (Gary Kronk)
• The Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2014 (Meteorwatch)
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Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 12h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983335 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers.
• Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
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Jupiter at opposition at 21h UT. Best time to observe the largest planet in the solar system. Mag. -2.7.
• Opposition (Wikipedia)
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First Quarter Moon at 3:39 UT.
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Venus at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 12h UT. The planet passes into the morning sky.
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Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 12h UT.
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12
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Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 9h UT.
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15
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 5h UT. Mag. -2.7.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 406,532 km; angular size 29.4').
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Full Moon at 4:52 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Beehive Cluster (morning sky) at 4h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
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19
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 2h UT.
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. +0.4.
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 10h UT.
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Last Quarter Moon at 5:20 UT.
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Moon very near Saturn (73° from Sun, morning sky) at 14h UT. Mag. +0.6. Occultation visible along a path between New Zealand and southern South America.
• Occultation of Saturn (IOTA)
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Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 19h UT.
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Moon near Venus (26° from Sun, morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag. -4.5.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 10h UT (357,080 km; angular size 33.5').
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New Moon at 21:39 UT. Start of lunation 1127.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 18° E of Sun (evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. -0.5.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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