Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Thursday December 29 to Thursday January 5
The First Quarter Moon is Friday December 30. This is a “blue” first quarter Moon. Jupiter is easy to see as brightest object in the western evening sky aside from the Moon. The crescent Moon is very close to Jupiter on the 29th. Bright Mars, the red star Aldebaran and the Pleiades cluster form a triangle. The waxing Moon is close to Mars on the 3rd. Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight while Mercury falls back towards Venus.
The First Quarter Moon is Friday December 30. This is a “blue” first quarter Moon, the second first quarter Moon of the month.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (45 minutes after sunset).
Mars was at opposition, when was at its biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on December the 8th, but is still an excellent sight. The inset is the telescopic view at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Saturn forms a line with delta and gamma Capricornii low in thewest with Jupiter to the north-west.The crescent Moon and Jupiter are close enough to fit into a binocular field.
The insets are the telescopic views of Saturn and Jupiter at the same magnification at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Between the bright star Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to discover.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury falls back towards the twilight.
Venus climbs out of the twilight.
Mars the red star Aldebaran and the Pleiades cluster form a triangle. The waxing Moon is close to Mars on the 3rd.
Jupiter is now sinking to the west in the late evening sky. Jupiter is visible all evening and is the brightest object in the north-west to western sky.
Saturn forms a line with delta and gamma Capricornii. Saturn is low in the west and sets shortly after the sky is fully dark.
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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