The Galactic Times Sky Planning Calendar

1.4 degrees apart, Mercury only +0.9 in brightness, what a drop in a week!

See the article in TGT #38 for all the details... Given an origin of January 1, 2022, midnight, the New Year begins at: 5:48:36 AM for the Mean Tropical Year; 6:09:00 AM for the Mean Sidereal Year; 6:13:48 AM for the Mean Anomalistic Year; and see January 8th.....

Closest to the Sun for the year, 91.4 million miles.

....Mars is a half-degree North of the Moon in the afternoon US time. You’ll find it left of the Moon in the evening, and behind the Moon if you are in East Africa.

10pm, lasts only a few hours, but can be as much as 120 meteors per hour.