January 2018

C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) reaches its brightest The Moon at perigee
2	M41 is well placed Mercury at greatest elongation west The Moon at aphelion Full Moon Mercury at greatest brightness Asteroid 8 Flora at opposition
3	The Earth at perihelion Close approach of the Moon and M44
4	Quadrantid meteor shower Conjunction of the Moon and Ceres
7	Close approach of Jupiter and Mars Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars
8	Conjunction of the Moon and Makemake Moon at Last Quarter
9	Conjunction of Venus and Pluto Venus at superior solar conjunction 134340 Pluto at solar conjunction
10	Conjunction of the Moon and Haumea
11	Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Mars
13	Conjunction of Mercury and Saturn
14	M47 is well placed NGC 2403 is well placed
15	The Moon at apogee Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
16	NGC 2451 is well placed The Moon at perihelion Conjunction of the Moon and Pluto
17	New Moon Conjunction of the Moon and Venus
20	NGC 2516 is well placed
23	NGC 2547 is well placed 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh at perihelion Venus at aphelion
24	Conjunction of the Moon and Eris Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto Moon at First Quarter
25	Mercury at aphelion
28	185P/Petriew at perihelion
30	M44 is well placed IC2391 is well placed The Moon at perigee
31	IC2395 is well placed 185P/Petriew reaches its brightest Close approach of the Moon and M44 Full Moon Total lunar eclipse 1 Ceres at opposition Conjunction of the Moon and Ceres