JANUARY, 2020 SKYNOTES
SEPTEMBER STAR CHART, 2019
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JANUARY 2020
SUMMARY
The phenomena of the month : January 2020
Times are given in UT for SCARBOROUGH (0° 25' 0" W, 54° 16' 3" N, zone 0 = UT).
Date Hour Description of the phenomenon
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2020 01 01 08:30 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 01 02 01:30 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 404580 km)
2020 01 02 14:55 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2020 01 02 17:42 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 03 04:45 FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2020 01 04 01:52 Meteor shower : Quadrantids (110 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 16.0 days)
2020 01 04 23:26 Close encounter between the Moon and Uranus (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.8°)
2020 01 05 07:00 The Earth at its perihelion (distance to the Sun = 0.98325 AU)
2020 01 05 14:31 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 06 17:17 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 01 07 15:16 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2020 01 07 19:44 Close encounter between the Moon and Aldebaran (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 2.4°)
2020 01 08 11:21 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 09 08:32 Opposition of the asteroid 192 Nausikaa with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.305 AU; magn. = 10.0)
2020 01 09 13:53 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2020 01 09 17:12 Beginning of occultation of 13-mu Gem (magn. = 2.87)
2020 01 09 17:52 End of occultation of 13-mu Gem (magn. = 2.87)
2020 01 10 15:18 SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION of Mercury with the Sun (geoc. dist. center to center = 1.9°)
2020 01 10 19:21 FULL MOON (penumbral eclipse of the Moon fully visible in SCARBOROUGH)
2020 01 11 01:39 Close encounter between the Moon and Pollux (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 5.8°)
2020 01 11 08:10 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 11 20:27 Beginning of occultation of 33-eta Cnc (magn. = 5.33)
2020 01 11 20:40 End of occultation of 33-eta Cnc (magn. = 5.33)
2020 01 12 00:13 Close encounter between the Moon and M 44 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.5°)
2020 01 12 02:05 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 01 13 13:19 CONJUNCTION between Pluto and the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to centre = 0.7°)
2020 01 13 15:17 CONJUNCTION between Saturn and the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to centre = 0.0°)
2020 01 13 20:20 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 365958 km)
2020 01 14 04:59 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 14 19:30 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2020 01 15 08:18 Opposition of the asteroid 511 Davida with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.622 AU; magn. = 9.6)
2020 01 15 13:30 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2020 01 17 01:48 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 17 10:53 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 01 17 12:58 LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2020 01 18 05:59 Close encounter between Mars and Antares (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.7°)
2020 01 19 17:29 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2020 01 19 22:38 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 21 09:04 Opposition of the asteroid 5 Astraea with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.101 AU; magn. = 8.9)
2020 01 21 23:45 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2020 01 22 06:44 Close encounter between the Moon and M 8 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.7°)
2020 01 22 19:27 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 22 19:41 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 01 23 00:04 Maximum of the variable star khi Cygni
2020 01 23 06:27 Opposition of the asteroid 230 Athamantis with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.407 AU; magn. = 10.4)
2020 01 24 21:42 NEW MOON
2020 01 25 16:16 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 27 20:07 Close encounter between Venus and Neptune (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.1°)
2020 01 28 04:29 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2020 01 28 12:04 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2020 01 28 13:06 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2020 01 29 03:59 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2020 01 29 21:05 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2020 01 29 21:28 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 405393 km)
2020 01 31 09:55 Minimum of the variable star Algol(beta Persei)
LUNAR OCCULTATIONS in JANUARY, 2020 visible from the Scarborough (UK) area. The time given is UT