ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS FOR JANUARY 2009

ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS FOR JANUARY 2009

January 1: Mercury and Jupiter only 1 deg. 34' apart in west at dusk.

January 1: Waxing Crescent Moon is 9 deg. North-east of bright Venus at dusk.

January1-January5: Quadrantids meteor-shower will peak.

January 4: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation.13 deg. above from horizon at the time of sunset.

January 4: first quarter moon.

January 7: Moon 1 deg. from Pleiades.

January 8: Saturn's moon Titan is just 13" from the planet. Your scope can distinguish at 150x magnification.

January 11: Full Moon

January 13: Moon is 2 deg. South-east of Regulus.

January 16: Venus at greatest eastern elongation. 40 deg. above horizon at the time of sunset. Magnitude -4.40.

January 18: Moon is 4 deg. South-east of Spica.

January 18: Last Quarter Moon.

January 20: Mercury inferior conjunction.

January 22: Venus 1 deg. North-west of Uranus. (Uranus mag. 6).

January 24: Jupiter conjunction.

January 26: New Moon.

January 27: Mercury and Mars are 4 deg. apart. But very low in east at dawn at 7 am. (Mercury mag. 1.81 & Mars mag.1.27).

January 30: Waxing Crescent Moon (4 days old) is just 3 deg. North of brilliant Venus at dusk.