A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for January 2015:
Phenomena January
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Moon passes 1.4 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (12 UT) |
| 3 | Quadrantids meteor shower peaks (ZHR = 120 - can vary between 60 and 200) |
| 3 | Asteroid (346) Hermentaria mag +10.7 is at opposition in Gemini |
| 4 | Dwarf planet Pluto is in conjunction with the Sun (1 UT) |
| 4 | Earth is at perihelion distance 0.98333 AU (approx. 147.096 million km or 91.402 million mi) from the Sun (6:36 UT) |
| 5 | Full Moon (4:54 UT) |
| 6 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (2 UT) |
| 8 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.5 (8 UT) |
| 9 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (2 UT) |
| 9 | Moon is at apogee 405,411 km or 251,911 miles from Earth (18:11 UT) |
| 13 | Last quarter Moon (9:47 UT) |
| 13 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (10 UT) |
| 14 | Mercury mag -0.7 is at greatest elongation east 19 degrees (20 UT) |
| 16 | Moon passes 1.9 degree north of Saturn mag +0.7 (12 UT) |
| 16 | Asteroid (69) Hesperia mag +10.3 is at opposition in Canis Minor |
| 16 | Moon passes 9 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (23 UT) |
| 19 | Mars mag +1.1 passes 0.2 degrees south of Neptune mag +8.0 (21 UT) |
| 20 | New Moon (13:14) |
| 21 | Mercury mag +0.3 is stationary in Capricornus, afterwards begins retrograde motion (4 UT) |
| 21 | Moon is at perigee 359,642 km or 223,471 miles from Earth (20:00 UT) |
| 21 | Mercury is at perihelion 0.308 AU (approx. 46.1 million kms or 28.6 million miles) from the Sun (21 UT) |
| 22 | Moon passes 6 degrees north of Venus mag -3.9 (5 UT) |
| 23 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Neptune mag +8.0 (1 UT) |
| 23 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Mars mag +1.2 (5 UT) |
| 25 | Moon passes 0.6 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.9, occultation is visible from Southern Europe, North Africa and Russia (11:52 UT) |
| 26 | NEO Asteroid 357439 mag +8.9 approaches Earth to within 1.2 million kms or 0.75 million miles (23 UT) |
| 27 | First quarter Moon (4:49 UT) |
| 29 | Moon passes 1.2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (18 UT) |
| 29 | Asteroid (3) Juno mag +8.1 is at opposition in Hydra |
| 30 | Mercury is at inferior conjunction (4 UT) |
| 30 | Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) reaches perihelion |