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The First Quarter Moon is Tuesday January 7. The Earth is at perihelion the 4th. In the evening Venus is coming closer to Saturn. Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars are visible all together (briefly) in the evening sky. On the 3rd the thin crescent Moon is close to Venus. On the 4th the crescent Moon is between Venus and Saturn.  Jupiter is past opposition and is visible all evening long. Mars is rising in the evening sky, and brightening ahead of opposition next week, but is still better in the morning sky. Mercury is low in the morning twilight.

The First Quarter Moon is Tuesday January 7. The Moon is at perigee, when it is closest to Earth, on the 8th. The Earth is at perihelion, when it is closest to the Sun, on the 4th.


Western evening sky on Friday, January 3 as seen from Adelaide at 21:39 ACDST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).   

Venus is readily visible from early twilight to when the sky is fully dark. Venus is coming closer to Saturn. the thin crescent Moon is close to Venus with Saturn nearby.

The insets are the telescopic views of Venus and Saturn at this time.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset). 


Western evening sky on Saturday, January 4 as seen from Adelaide at 21:39 ACDST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).   

Venus is readily visible from early twilight to when the sky is fully dark. Venus is coming closer to Saturn. The thin crescent Moon is between Venus and Saturn.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset). 

North-eastern evening sky on Saturday, January 4 as seen from Adelaide at 22:18 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Jupiter is rising in the north-east.

The inset is the telescope view of  Jupiter at this time.  (click to embiggen).

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).

North-western sky on Saturday, January 4 as seen from Adelaide at 5:02 ACDST (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Mars is coming closer to Castor and Pollux.

The inset is the telescope view of  Mars at this time.  (click to embiggen).

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).


Eastern sky on Sunday, December 29 as seen from Adelaide at 5:17 ACDST (45 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Mercury is low to the horizon below Scorpius.

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (45 minutes before sunrise).

Whole sky on Saturday, January 4 as seen from Adelaide at 22:18 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Mars is just rising in the east. Jupiter is rising in the north-east. Saturn is now above the north-western horizon and coming closer to Venus. Venus is just setting.  Orion  the hunter is high in the north-east. The Southern Cross is rising in the Southern sky.  The moon is waxing and the fainter clusters and nebula will become less visible.

    

 

 Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).

Mercury is low in the morning twilight.

Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight and is readily visible in the evening twilight. Venus is coming closer to Saturn. On the 3rd the thin crescent Moon is close to Venus. On the 4th the crescent Moon is between Venus and Saturn.

Mars is now rising in the evening sky, although it continues to be best in the morning.

Jupiter is rising in the the evening sky when the sky is fully dark and was at opposition, when it was biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the December the 8th.

Saturn is lowering in the evening sky coming closer to Venus.  On the 4th the crescent Moon is between Venus and Saturn.

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what’s up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.

 

Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.

Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.

Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/


Source: http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2024/12/thursday-january-2-to-thursday-january-9.html


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