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Neptune 5.5º south of Moon: 26 January 13:19 Moon: Conjunction of Planets with the Moon: Venus 6.2º south of Moon: 27 January 21:59 Moon: Conjunction of Planets with the Moon: Uranus 5.5º south of Moon: 30 January 12:07 Moon: Conjunction of Planets with the Moon: Jupiter 4.3º south of Moon: 17:43 Moon: Apsis: Moon at apogee: Diameter = 29.6 ...
The first full moon of the year, known as the Wolf Moon, rises on the evening of Monday, January 13, and reaches peak fullness at 5:27 p.m. ET (though it looks full to us for about three days ...
1 January 2012: NASA's twin GRAIL satellites (artist's impression shown) begin studying the Moon's gravitational field. 1 January – NASA's GRAIL-B satellite successfully enters lunar orbit, joining its twin spacecraft GRAIL-A. The two satellites will study the Moon's gravitational field, generating a detailed map of its fluctuations to help ...
The supermoon of 14 November 2016 was 356,511 km (221,526 mi) away [1] from the center of Earth. Supermoons occur 3–4 times per year. [2] As the Earth revolves around the Sun, approximate axial parallelism of the Moon's orbital plane (tilted five degrees to the Earth's orbital plane) results in the revolution of the lunar nodes relative to the Earth.
The first full Moon of the year will rise in the east on Jan. 13 and peak at 5:27 p.m. EST, meaning the best viewing in North America will be on that Monday evening after the Sun sets.. According ...
The Moon will rise at about 5:27 p.m. ET, shortly after sunset on Monday, Jan. 13. The Moon will be the most visible around midnight Monday night when it's directly overhead, according to EarthSky .
The term waxing is used for an intermediate phase when the Moon's apparent shape is thickening, from new to a full moon; and waning when the shape is thinning. The duration from full moon to new moon (or new moon to full moon) varies from approximately 13 days 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours to about 15 days 14 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours.
The first full moon of the new year, known as the wolf moon, will shine in the night sky Thursday. January’s full moon reached peak illumination at 12:54 p.m. ET, but it will appear full through ...