Bootleg Astronomers

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1	Moon near Venus (47° from Sun, morning sky) at 22h UT. Mag. −4.5.
3	Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 5h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983301 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
3	Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 8h UT. Mag. −1.8.
4	Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 2h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up to 120 meteors per hour. Radiant is in northern Boötes. • Quadrantids (Wikipedia) • 2019 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (IMO)
6	New Moon at 1:28 UT. Start of lunation 1188. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
6	Partial Eclipse of the Sun at 1:41 UT (greatest). Visible from NE Asia and north Pacific. Begins at 23:34 (Jan 5) and ends at 3:49 UT. • Solar Eclipses: 2011 - 2030 (Mr Eclipse) • NASA Solar Eclipse Page (NASA) • Partial Solar Eclipse of 2019 January 6 (GIF) (NASA)
6	Venus at greatest elongation west (47° from Sun, morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag. −4.4.
9	Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 4h UT (distance 406,117 km; angular size 29.4').
13	Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. 0.6. • Mars (Wikipedia)
14	First Quarter Moon at 6:45 UT.
16	Venus 7.8° N of Antares (47° from Sun, morning sky) at 23h UT. Mags. −4.4 and 1.1. Jupiter nearby.
17	Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 1h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
17	Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 19h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
21	Total Eclipse of the Moon begins at 4:41 UT and ends at 5:43 UT. Mid-eclipse at 5:13 UT. Partial phases begin at 3:34 UT and end at 6:51 UT. Moon appears red-orange in color during totality (the color of Earth's sunsets). Visible from central Pacific, North and South America, Europe, and Africa. • Lunar Eclipses: 2011 - 2030 (Mr Eclipse) • NASA Lunar Eclipse Page (NASA) • Total Lunar Eclipse of 2019 January 21 (PDF) (NASA)
21	Full Moon at 5:16 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
21	Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 20:00 UT (357,342 km; angular size 33.4').
22	Venus 2.4° N of Jupiter (46° from Sun, morning sky) at 16h UT. Mags. −4.3 and −1.8. A spectacular sight over several days.
23	Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 4h UT. • Regulus (Wikipedia)
26	Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 21h UT.
27	Last Quarter Moon at 21:11 UT.
31	Moon near Jupiter (53° from Sun, morning sky) at 2h UT. Mag. −1.9.
31	Moon near Venus (45° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT. Mag. −4.3. Spectacular occultation visible from w South America and Polynesia. • Venus (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Venus (IOTA)
30	Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 15h UT.

>>> All times Universal Time (UT). USA Central Standard Time = UT-6 hours. (DST = UT-5 hrs,)

Zodiacal Light is caused by sunlight reflected off meteoric dust in the plane of the solar system. Choose a clear, moonless night, about 1-2 hours after sunset, and look for a large triangular-shaped glow extending up from the horizon (along the ecliptic). The best months to view the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic is almost vertical at the horizon: March and April (evening) and October-November (morning); times reversed for the southern hemisphere.
• Zodiacal Light (Wikipedia)
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
• Photographing the Zodiacal Light (Weatherscapes)