Astronomy - USA (2022-01)

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size

due to the distance from Earth and are shown

at 0h Universal Time.

1 The Moon is at perigee (222,471 miles from Earth), 5:55 P.M. EST

2 New Moon occurs at 1:33 P.M. EST

3 Quadrantid meteor shower peaks

The Moon passes 3° south of Mercury, 8 P.M. EST

4 Earth is at perihelion (91.4 million miles from the Sun), 2 A.M. EST

The Moon passes 4° south of Saturn, noon EST

5 The Moon passes 4° south of Jupiter, 7 P.M. EST

7 The Moon passes 4° south of Neptune, 5 A.M. EST

Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation (19°), 6 A.M. EST

8 Venus is in inferior conjunction, 8 P.M. EST

9 First Quarter Moon occurs at 1:11 P.M. EST

11 The Moon passes 1.5° south of Uranus, 6 A.M. EST

Asteroid Juno is in conjunction with the Sun, 5 P.M. EST

12 The Moon passes 1.2° north of dwarf planet Ceres, 7 P.M. EST

13 Asteroid Iris is at opposition, 4 P.M. EST

Mercury is stationary, 8 P.M. EST

14 The Moon is at apogee (252,155 miles from Earth), 4:26 A.M. EST

16 Pluto is in conjunction with the Sun, 10 A.M. EST

Dwarf planet Ceres is stationary, 5 P.M. EST

17 Full Moon occurs at 6:48 P.M. EST

18 Uranus is stationary, 3 P.M. EST

23 Mercury is in inferior conjunction, 5 A.M. EST

25 Last Quarter Moon occurs at 8:41 A.M. EST

29 Venus is stationary, 3 A.M. EST

The Moon passes 2° south of Mars, 10 A.M. EST

The Moon passes 10° south of Venus, 9 P.M. EST

30 The Moon is at perigee (225,093 miles from Earth), 2:11 A.M. EST

The Moon passes 8° south of Mercury, 7 P.M. EST

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: ROEN KELLY