| | | January 18 Moon Eclipse: All You Need to Know | | | |
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| | |  View larger. | At greatest eclipse, the totally eclipsed moon will be straight overhead (at zenith) over western Cuba, where it's just after midnight local time on January 21 (05:12 UTC on January 21). Those to the west (left) of this spot (most of North America, Hawaii) will see the moon at greatest eclipse on the evening of January 20. Those to the east (right) of this spot (Europe and Africa) will see the moon at its greatest eclipse in their western sky on the morning of January 21. Click here for times in North America. Click here for online viewing. Or try here, here or here. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|  | | Identify the stars in the Winter Circle | The Winter Circle stars don’t form a perfect circle … is anything ever perfect? Try starting at Capella and moving clockwise to Aldebaran, Rigel, Sirius, Procyon, Pollux, and Castor. | | | | | |
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 | | Venus-Jupiter conjunction coming up January 22 | Start watching now! Look east before sunup for the 2 brightest "stars." They are really planets. Venus is the brighter one, and Jupiter is the fainter one. Read more. | | |
