Monthly Night Sky information provided by Chris Vaughan (@Astrogeoguy) at Starry Night Education (@StarryNightEdu).

Astronomical Events

Name: Moon Attacks the Scorpion (pre-dawn)
Start: 2025-01-24T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-24T00:00:00-05:00

January 2025
Venus Kisses Saturn (evening)

January 17, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

After several months of courtship, the motion of the bright planet Venus will pass only a generous thumb’s width (or 2 degrees) from 200 times fainter Saturn on Friday evening, […]
Crescent Moon nears Spica (wee hours to sunrise)

January 21, 2025 @ 4:30 am – 6:30 am

Early risers on Tuesday morning, January 21 can see the pretty, waning crescent moon shining in the southeastern sky just below (or celestial east of) Virgo’s brightest star, Spica. If […]
Third Quarter Moon (at 20:31 GMT)

January 21, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The moon will complete three quarters of its orbit around Earth, measured from the previous new moon, on Tuesday, January 21 at 3:31 p.m. EST or 12:31 p.m. PST, or […]
Mars Close to Pollux (all night)

January 22, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – January 23, 2025 @ 5:00 am

From mid-January to mid-April Mars’ retrograde loop will carry it through the stars of Gemini. On Wednesday, January 22, the bright red planet will pass only 2.4 degrees from Gemini’s […]
Moon Attacks the Scorpion (pre-dawn)

January 24, 2025 @ 12:00 am

In the southeastern sky before dawn on Friday morning, January 24, the waning crescent moon will be shining among the medium-bright stars that form the claws of Scorpius, barely missing […]