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FULL moon occurs on Jan. 10d. 10h. 09m. U.T., and new moon on Jan. 25d. 15h. 24m. The following conjunctions with the moon take place: Jan. 6d. 18h., Mars 8°N.; Jan. 8d. 04h., Saturn 2° N.; Jan. 13d. 11h., Jupiter 0·7° S.; Jan. 22d. 21h., Venus 2° S.; Jan. 22d. 23h., Mercury 0·1° S. The following occultations of stars brighter than magnitude 6 take place: Jan. 4d. 16h. 14.6 m. ξ2 Ceti (D); Jan. 8d. 19h. 31·8m., 64 Orio (D); Jan. 9d. 00h. 52·5m., 68 Orio (D); Jan. 15d. 04h. 15·1m., 308B Leon (R); Jan. 16d. 05m. 03·9s., b Virg (R). The times refer to Greenwich and D and R refer to disappearance and reappearance respectively.
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The Night Sky in January. Nature 153, 19 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153019d0
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