Solstice
3:48 PM US Central Time
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The Galactic Times Sky Planning Calendar
Mercury Greatest Elongation
Magnitude -0.6
Ursids meteors
Peaks at 4PM US Central Time, runs at up to 10 meteors per hour for the next 6-12 hours.
1d Old Moon at Perigee + …
...see Mercury and Venus nearby!
Mercury 4 degrees, Venus 3….
...degrees North of Moon, PRETTY!
Mercury Left of Venus, and at closest
1.4 degrees apart, Mercury only +0.9 in brightness, what a drop in a week!
Various New Years!!
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.....