Watch for Mercury in the east before sunup in January 2023. Mercury reaches greatest elongation on January 30 and remains bright through the end of the month.
The Lunar New Year falls on January 21, 2023 (January 22 in Asia). It coincides with the date of new moon and signals the start of the Year of the Rabbit.
Wait, what? It's true. The sky's brightest star, Sirius aka the Dog Star, will come to within 1.6 degrees of the south celestial pole in the year 66270.
Every year in early January, Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in an event called perihelion. It occurs during winter for the Northern Hemisphere.
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