Monday, January 11, 2021
Thursday January 14 to Thursday January 21
The First Quarter Moon is Thursday January 21, this is an apogee First Quarter Moon. The bright planet Venus is low in the twilight morning skies. Jupiter Mercury and Saturn are very low in the twilight skies. The Moon is close to the trio on the 14th but this conjunction will be difficult to see. Dimming but still bright Mars now dominates the evening skies. On the 21st Mars is near the First Quarter moon, with Uranus in between.
The First Quarter Moon is Thursday January 21, this is an apogee First Quarter Moon, where the moon is furthest from the Earth.It will be interesting to compare this last quarter Moon with the Perigee First quarter Moon of November 19 and December 19.
Evening sky at 21:02 ACDST (30 minutes after sunset) on Thursday, January 14 facing west as seen from
Adelaide. The pair of Jupiter and Saturn are very low above the western
horizon in the twilight and are joined by Mercury and the thin crescent Moon.
You will need a level, unobstructed horizon like the ocean to see this.
You will need a level, unobstructed horizon like the ocean to see this.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (30 minutes after sunset), click to embiggen.
Adelaide.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset). click to embiggen.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset), click to embiggen.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (30 minutes before sunrise), click to embiggen.
Mercury is low in the twilight. close to Jupiter and Saturn this week. On Thursday, January 14 they are joined by the thin crescent Moon. You will need a level, unobstructed horizon like the ocean to see this.
Venus is still visible low above the horizon in the morning. You may need a level, unobstructed horizon to see Venus.
Mars is readily visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening. Mars is the brightest object above the north-western horizon and on the 21st is just below the apogee First Quarter moon with Uranus between the pair.
Jupiter can be seen in very low in early evening twilight sky in the west. Jupiter is near Saturn and the pair are lowering in the twilight and become progressively harder to see. They are joined by Mercury mid week. On the 14th the trio are joined by the thin crescent Moon. You will need a level, unobstructed horizon like the ocean to see this.
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/
Venus is still visible low above the horizon in the morning. You may need a level, unobstructed horizon to see Venus.
Mars is readily visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening. Mars is the brightest object above the north-western horizon and on the 21st is just below the apogee First Quarter moon with Uranus between the pair.
Jupiter can be seen in very low in early evening twilight sky in the west. Jupiter is near Saturn and the pair are lowering in the twilight and become progressively harder to see. They are joined by Mercury mid week. On the 14th the trio are joined by the thin crescent Moon. You will need a level, unobstructed horizon like the ocean to see this.
Saturn too is (barely) visible low in early evening twilight sky in the west. after the 14th it will be lost in the twilight.
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/
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# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 11:27 pm 
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