A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for January 2016:
Phenomena January
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) passes 1 degree west of Arcturus (mag. -0.04) |
| 2 | Last quarter Moon (5:31 UT) |
| 2 | Moon is at apogee 404,236 km or 251,234 miles from Earth (11:54 UT) |
| 2 | Earth is at perihelion distance 0.9833 AU (approx. 147.100 million km or 91.403 million miles) from the Sun (22:49 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (4 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 1.5 degrees south of Mars mag +1.2 (19 UT) |
| 4 | Quadrantids meteor shower peaks (ZHR = 100 - can vary between 60 and 200) |
| 5 | Mercury mag +0.2 is stationary in Capricornus afterwards begins retrograde motion (5 UT) |
| 6 | Dwarf planet Pluto is in conjunction with the Sun (3 UT) |
| 6 | Venus mag -4.0 passes 6 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (17 UT) |
| 6 | Moon passes 9 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (23 UT) |
| 7 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Venus mag -4.0 (0 UT) |
| 7 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.6 (5 UT) |
| 8 | Mercury is at perihelion 0.307 AU (approx. 45.9 million kms or 28.5 million miles) from the Sun (18 UT) |
| 8 | Jupiter mag -2.2 is stationary in Leo afterwards begins retrograde motion (18 UT) |
| 9 | Venus mag -4.0 passes 0.1 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.6 (4 UT) |
| 10 | New Moon (1:31 UT) |
| 13 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.9 (15 UT) |
| 14 | Mercury is at inferior conjunction (9 UT) |
| 15 | Moon is at perigee 369,653 km or 229,741 miles from Earth (2:06 UT) |
| 16 | Moon passes 1.5 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.8 (6 UT) |
| 16 | First quarter Moon (23:27 UT) |
| 17 | Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) closest approach to Earth at 0.72 AU (108 million kilometres or 67 million miles) |
| 20 | Moon passes 0.5 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from USA, Canada, South Greenland and UK (2:40 UT) |
| 23 | Moon passes 11 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (11 UT) |
| 24 | Full Moon (1:46 UT) |
| 25 | Mercury mag +0.5 is stationary in Sagittarius afterwards begins retrograde motion (19 UT) |
| 26 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (6 UT) |
| 28 | Moon passes 1.4 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.3 (1 UT) |
| 30 | Moon is at apogee 404,514 km or 251,407 miles from Earth (9:07 UT) |
| 30 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (12 UT) |