Moon passes Saturn*
* but timing depends on where you are! In North America is is around midnight -- setting time -- on the 28th.
* but timing depends on where you are! In North America is is around midnight -- setting time -- on the 28th.
Deep in the evening twilight! Use binoculars and look carefully, within 30 minutes after sunset.
* but occulted for observers in Europe, North Africa, Middle east, Russia and north Japan.
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.
Peaks at 4PM US Central Time, runs at up to 10 meteors per hour for the next 6-12 hours.
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.....