JANUARY, 2022 SKYNOTES

The phenomena of the month : JANUARY 2021
Times are given in daylight time for SCARBOROUGH (0° 25' 5" W, 54° 16' 30" N, zone 0 = UNIVERSAL TIME).

Date Hour Description of the phenomenon
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2022 01 01 11:26 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2022 01 01 22:59 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 358033 km)
2022 01 02 18:33 NEW MOON
2022 01 02 21:38 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 03 13:37 Meteor shower : Quadrantids (110 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 16.0 days)
2022 01 03 17:51 Close encounter between the Moon and Pluto (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.2°)
2022 01 04 02:01 Close encounter between the Moon and Mercury (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.6°)
2022 01 04 06:00 The Earth at its perihelion (distance to the Sun = 0.98333 AU)
2022 01 04 20:27 Close encounter between the Moon and Saturn (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.6°)
2022 01 05 12:48 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2022 01 05 18:27 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 06 02:53 Close encounter between the Moon and Jupiter (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.7°)
2022 01 06 16:44 End of occultation of 71-tau2 Aqr (magn. = 4.05)
2022 01 07 12:00 GREATEST EASTERN ELONGATION of Mercury (19.2°)
2022 01 07 13:22 Close encounter between the Moon and Neptune (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.6°)
2022 01 08 15:16 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 08 15:41 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2022 01 09 00:48 INFERIOR CONJUNCTION of Venus with the Sun (geoc. dist. center to center = 4.9°)
2022 01 09 05:41 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2022 01 09 08:45 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2022 01 09 18:11 FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2022 01 09 21:52 Comet C/2019 L3 ATLAS at its perihelion (dist. to the Sun = 3.553 AU; magn. = 12.1)
2022 01 10 21:35 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2022 01 11 11:59 Close encounter between the Moon and Uranus (topocentric dist. center to center = 2.2°)
2022 01 11 12:05 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 13 23:56 Close encounter between the Moon and Aldebaran (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 5.9°)
2022 01 14 08:55 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 14 09:27 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 405805 km)
2022 01 14 16:10 Opposition of the asteroid 7 Iris with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.088 AU; magn. = 7.6)
2022 01 15 19:37 Close encounter between the Moon and M 35 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.3°)
2022 01 15 19:55 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2022 01 15 23:00 Mercury at its perihelion (distance to the Sun = 0.30750 AU)
2022 01 16 06:23 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2022 01 16 14:49 CONJUNCTION between Pluto and the Sun (geoc. dist. center to center = 1.7°)
2022 01 17 05:44 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 17 06:56 Beginning of occultation of 57 Gem (magn. = 5.04)
2022 01 17 23:48 FULL MOON
2022 01 18 16:47 Close encounter between the Moon and M 44 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 2.5°)
2022 01 19 12:21 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2022 01 20 02:33 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 20 21:09 Beginning of occultation of 46 Leo (magn. = 5.43)
2022 01 20 22:13 End of occultation of 46 Leo (magn. = 5.43)
2022 01 21 15:11 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2022 01 22 04:15 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2022 01 22 23:22 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 23 00:10 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2022 01 23 06:00 Venus at its perihelion (distance to the Sun = 0.71845 AU)
2022 01 23 10:28 INFERIOR CONJUNCTION of Mercury with the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to centre = 3.3°)
2022 01 25 13:41 LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2022 01 25 20:12 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 26 05:27 Beginning of occultation of 8-alpha1 Lib (magn. = 5.15)
2022 01 26 05:36 Beginning of occultation of 9-alpha2 Lib, Zubenelgenubi, (magn. = 2.75)
2022 01 26 05:48 Close encounter between Mars and M 8 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.5°)
2022 01 26 06:38 End of occultation of 8-alpha1 Lib (magn. = 5.15)
2022 01 26 06:46 End of occultation of 9-alpha2 Lib, Zubenelgenubi, (magn. = 2.75)
2022 01 26 23:59 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2022 01 28 17:01 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2022 01 29 05:59 Close encounter between Mercury and Pluto (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 5.2°)
2022 01 29 15:57 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2022 01 29 16:25 Close encounter between the Moon and Mars (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.1°)
2022 01 30 04:24 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2022 01 30 07:09 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 362252 km)
2022 01 31 03:21 Close encounter between the Moon and Pluto (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.2°)
2022 01 31 13:50 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)

Calculations courtesy of: CoelixApex software.