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The Full Moon is Tuesday January 14. In the evening Venus is coming closer to Saturn. Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars are visible all together (briefly) in the evening sky. Venus is at it’s greatest distance from the Sun on the 10th. Jupiter is past opposition and is visible all evening long. Jupiter is near the Moon on the 10th. Mars is rising in the evening sky, and is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 16th. The Moon is close to Mars on the 14th.  Mercury is low in the morning twilight.

The Full Moon is Tuesday January 14.

Western evening sky on Friday, January 10 as seen from Adelaide at 21:38 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.Venus is at its furthest from the Sun on this day.

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). 

Northern evening sky on Friday, January 10 as seen from Adelaide at 22:17 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Jupiter is rising in the north-east. The moon is near Jupiter.

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-eastern sky on Tuesday, January 14 as seen from Adelaide at 22:15 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Mars is coming closer to Castor and Pollux and forms a line with them. The waxing Moon is close by

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 (90 minutes after sunset).

Eastern sky on Saturday, January 11 as seen from Adelaide at 5:20 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 11 as seen from Adelaide at 22:16 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).

Mars is just rising in the east. Jupiter is rising in the north. Saturn is now above the western horizon and coming closer to Venus. Venus is just setting.  Orion  the hunter is high in the north-east. The planets are outlined so you can see where Uranus and Neptune are in the lineup. Pluto is deep in the twilight.

The Southern Cross is rising in the Southern sky.  The moon is waxing and the fainter clusters and nebula will become less visible in the run up to full Moon.

    

 

 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. Venus is at it’s greatest distance from the Sun on the 10th.

Mars is now rising in the evening sky. Mars is at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on the 16thand is visible all night long. The Moon is close to Mars on the 14th.

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. Jupiter is near the Moon on the 10th.

Saturn is lowering in the evening sky coming closer to Venus. 

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/2025/01/thursday-january-9-to-thursday-january.html


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