| JANUARY | EVENT |
|---|---|
| 3 (10AM) | Quadrantid meteor shower peak |
| 8 | Mercury 1.7deg south of Saturn |
| 10 | Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn within 2.3deg in the evening sky |
| 11 | Venus 3deg north of the Moon Mercury 1.5deg south of Jupiter |
| 13 | Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn within 6deg of New Moon |
| 15 | Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and Moon forming 15deg arc in the evening sky Saturn will be the lowest planet, near the horizon |
| 21-22 | Uranus easy to find, 1.7deg south of Mars (and Moon within 5 deg) |
| 23 | Mercury at greatest elongation from the sun (19deg), best time to spot it. |
| FEBRUARY | EVENT |
|---|---|
| 6 | Venus 0.4deg south of Saturn |
| 10 | Saturn 3deg and Venus 5deg north of thin crescent Moon |
| 11 | Venus 0.4deg south of Jupiter |
| 18 | Mars 4deg north of Moon |
| 13 | Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn within 6deg of New Moon |
| 15 | Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and Moon forming 15deg arc |
| 21-22 | Uranus easy to find, 1.7deg south of Mars (and Moon within 5 deg) |
| 28 | Mars within 5deg of the Pleiades open star cluster (Messier 45) |
