THE SKIES IN JANUARY

Evening Star, Issue 20062, 31 December 1928, Page 11

THE SKIES IN JANUARY

[Written by A. C. C. Crust, M.Sc., for the ‘livening Star.’] At the lx'ginning of the month ti.o moon is waning, and reaches the last qn.irlvn-, at 7 a.in.' on the 3rd. At midnight, .) a unary 3-4, the Moon passes the Star Snica, on the 7th at H p.m. An tares, and on the 9th, ,n 9 n ms., the planet Saturn. , .New Moon occurs on the 11th at lx ! noon. T!ie Moon passes Mercury. on fho 12th nt (i p.m., Venus on l-lio loth ,*u 8 a.in., Uranus on the J"th at o a.m., nnd first Quarter ’’alls on She lUfch nt o a.m. The Moon passes the brilliant planet Jupiter on tiic ,l!?th at S am., the red star Aldoharnn on Ui* 22iul at 2 a.in., and may be seen "lose lb the rod planet Mars, which it passes at 8 p.m. on the 22nd. At 11 p.m. on the 21th the Moon passes flic star Pollux; it is full on the 2btli at 7 p.m., passes the star Regains and the planet* Neptune on the 27th at 8 and 11 a.m., respectively, and at 8 a.m. on the 31st. will be found close to the Harvest Star, fjpica. The planet Mercury is dose to the Sun at the liegin ling of the month, but may he looked for in the sunset sky about the 22nd, when it reaches elongation 19deg. east of the Sun. It is stationary among the stars on the 231 h. The brilliant planet Venus is stili prominent in the evening sky, and indeed is still drawing away from the Sun. The shape of the disc is now gibbous, hut only slightly fuller than the ‘‘ half moon phase. Mars, having passed opposition in December, 1928, is still prominent in the evening sky, and on the 27tli he will be stationary among the stars. Jupiter, with his fine retinue of moons, is still a glorious sight in the evening sky, and is in quadrature on I the 22nd.