The sky, Jan. 12-19: Full Moon occults Mars

By Cosmic1 on January 13, 2025   Astronomy, Jupiter, Mars, Moon, Out There, Planets, Saturn, Space, Stars, Telescopes, Time and Space, Venus  

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 13, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 ■ Mars is nearest to Earth tonight, appearing 14.6 arcseconds wide and magnitude –1.4. That’s as bright as Sirius, which sparkles whitely about four fists to Mars’s lower right in early evening, and directly below Mars when they’re highest around midnight or 1 a.m. […]