The Galactic Times

Uranus occulted by Moon
2023-01-02

Algol has an evening eclipse
2023-01-01 17:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago)

Various New Years!!
2022-12-31 23:00 - 2023-01-01 01:30
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…..

Mercury Left of Venus, and at closest
2022-12-29 02:00 - 2022-12-30 11:00
1.4 degrees apart, Mercury only +0.9 in brightness, what a drop in a week!

Jupiter 2 degrees from Moon
2022-12-28 - 2022-12-29

First Quarter Moon
2022-12-28 - 2022-12-29, 2022-11-29 - 2022-11-30

Mercury above Venus
2022-12-26 - 2022-12-28

Saturn 4 deg. N. of Moon
2022-12-26 10:00 - 17:00

Mercury 4 degrees, Venus 3....
2022-12-24 10:00 - 12:00
…degrees North of Moon, PRETTY!

1d Old Moon at Perigee + ...
2022-12-24 10:00 - 12:00
…see Mercury and Venus nearby!

New Moon
2022-12-22 - 2022-12-23

Ursids meteors
2022-12-22 10:00 - 16:00
Peaks at 4PM US Central Time, runs at up to 10 meteors per hour for the next 6-12 hours.

Mercury Greatest Elongation
2022-12-20 - 2022-12-21
Magnitude -0.6

Solstice
2022-12-18 02:00 - 11:00
3:48 PM US Central Time

Sun enters Sagittarius
2022-12-17 - 2022-12-18

Mercury and Venus 5.9 degrees apart
2022-12-16 11:00 - 12:00
see in binoculars about 30 minutes after Sunset

Last Quarter Moon
2022-12-15 - 2022-12-16

Geminid meteor shower peak
2022-12-13 - 2022-12-14

Apogee of Moon--Micro Waning Gibbous Moon
2022-12-10 - 2022-12-11

Pollux 1.8 degrees N of Moon
2022-12-10 - 2022-12-11

Mars covered up by Moon!!!! *
2022-12-07 12:00 - 17:30
Except for southern and east coast US. Lasts up to an hour, depending on where you are, beginning near end of twilight on west coast, near midnight in northern New England.

Earliest sunset
2022-12-06 - 2022-12-07

Mars at opposition, visible all night*
2022-12-06 - 2022-12-07
* except when occulted 🙂

Full Moon
2022-12-06 - 2022-12-07

Uranus 0.7 degrees South of Moon*
2022-12-04 - 2022-12-05
* but occulted for observers in Europe, North Africa, Middle east, Russia and north Japan.

Neptune ceases retrograde motion
2022-12-03 - 2022-12-04

Neptune 3 degrees N of Moon
2022-12-01 11:00 - 2022-12-02 11:00

Moon passes Jupiter by 3 degrees
2022-11-30 - 2022-12-01

Sun enters Ophiuchus!!!!
2022-11-29 - 2022-11-30
