Wednesday, January 06, 2021
Thursday January 7 to Thursday January 14
The New Moon is Wednesday January 13. The bright planet Venus is low in the twilight morning skies. The thin crescent Moon is close to Venus on the 12th. Jupiter and Saturn, just past the great conjunction, are very low in the twilight skies and joined by Mercury mid week. 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.
The New Moon is Wednesday January 13. The Moon is at perigee, when it is closest to the earth, on the 10th.
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. Venus is joined by the thin crescent Moon on the 12th. You will need a level, unobstructed horizon to see this.
Mars is readily visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening.
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. Venus is joined by the thin crescent Moon on the 12th. You will need a level, unobstructed horizon to see this.
Mars is readily visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening.
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 visible low in early evening twilight sky in the west..
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 @ 12:40 am 
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