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Last Quarter Moon at 5:30 UT.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 12h UT (distance 404,277 km; angular size 29.6').
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Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 23h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983304 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers.
• Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
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Moon near Spica (78° from Sun, morning sky) at 7h UT.
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Moon near Mars (73° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. +1.2.
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 8h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up to 120 meteors per hour. Radiant is in northern Boötes.
• Quadrantids (Wikipedia)
• The Quadrantids (Gary Kronk)
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Moon, Venus and Saturn within a 3.6° circle (36° from Sun, morning sky) at 4h UT. Mags. -4.0 & +0.5.
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Venus 0.08° N of Saturn (36° from Sun, morning sky) at 4h UT. Mags. -4.0 & +0.5.
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New Moon at 1:31 UT. Start of lunation 1151.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 14h UT. Not visible. The elusive planet passes into the morning sky.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 2h UT (369,619 km; angular size 32.3').
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First Quarter Moon at 23:26 UT.
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Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 9h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon very near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 2h UT. Occultation visible from USA and Canada.
• Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA)
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Full Moon at 1:46 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Beehive cluster (midnight sky) at 10h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 4h UT.
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Moon near Jupiter (135° from Sun, morning sky) at 0h UT. Mag. -2.3.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 404,553 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Spica (106° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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