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The Galactic Times Sky Planning Calendar
Earth at Perihelion
Closest to the Sun for the year, 91.4 million miles.
Mars near Moon, or occulted….
....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.
Quadrantid Meteor Shower peak
10pm, lasts only a few hours, but can be as much as 120 meteors per hour.
Mars Stationary…
....then resumes eastward motion.