Thursday January 30 to Thursday February 6
The First Quarter Moon is Wednesday February 5. Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mars are visible all together (briefly) in the evening sky and are visited by the Moon in turn (as are Uranus and Neptune, but you can’t see them with the unaided eye). The crescent Moon is between Saturn and Venus on the 1st, then lines up with Venus and Saturn on the 2nd, then is near Jupiter on the 6th. Jupiter is past opposition and is visible all evening long. Mars is rising in the evening sky, and is visible all night long.. Mercury is lost in the twilight. Fading Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is still good in binoculars.
The First Quarter Moon is Wednesday February 5. The moon is at perigee, when it is closest to the Earth, on February 2nd. you will be able to see the Lunar X on February 5.
| Date | UT | AEDST | ACDST | AWST |
| Feb 5 | 08:13 | 21:13 |
20:43 |
16:13 |
Western evening sky on Saturday, February 1 as seen from Adelaide at 21:23 ACDST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Venus is readily visible from early twilight to when the sky is fully dark. Although it may need a clear, level horizon to see Venus when the sky becomes dark. Venus is drawing away to Saturn, which is becoming harder to see in the horizon murk. The crescent Moon is between Saturn and Venus.
The insets are the telescopic views of Venus and Saturn at this time.
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is visible in binoculars in the evening twilight in line with Saturn and Venus. The nucleus has disintegrated but the tail is still visible but is fading. For more details and spotter charts see my Comet C/2025 G3 page.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).
Venus is readily visible from early twilight to when the sky is fully dark. The crescent Moon forms a line with Venus and Saturn.
Northern evening sky on Thursday, February 6 as seen from Adelaide at 21:53 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Jupiter is in the north near the waxing Moon.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
North-eastern sky on Saturday, Saturday, February 1 as seen from Adelaide at 21:59 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Mars forms a triangle with Castor and Pollux.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Whole sky on Saturday, Saturday, February 1 as seen from Adelaide at 21:59 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).
Four bright classical planets are visible between Nautical and Astronomical twilight. Saturn is low above the western horizon and near to Venus. Saturn and Venus are just setting. Jupiter is in the north. Mars is in the north-east. The planets are outlined so you can see where Uranus and Neptune are in the lineup but not visible to the unaided eye. Pluto is deep in the twilight.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the morning twilight.
Venus is lowering in the evening twilight and is readily visible. In the evening Venus is drawing away from Saturn. The crescent Moon is between Saturn and Venus on the 1st, then lines up with Venus and Saturn on the 2nd.
Mars is rising in the evening sky. Mars was at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on January the 16th and is visible all night long.
Jupiter is high in the the evening sky when the sky is fully dark. It is close near the waxing moon on the 6th.
Saturn is lowering in the evening sky drawing away from Venus. The crescent Moon is between Saturn and Venus on the 1st, then lines up with Venus and Saturn on the 2nd.
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/2025/01/thursday-january-30-to-thursday.html
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