| Day | Time (MEZ) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Sun | 07:15 | Moon: first quarter (topocentric: 07:11) |
| 03 Tue | 1h30 | Moon 4° upper right of Jupiter (-2.6) |
| 04 Wed | 6h | best observing conditions of the Quadrantids meteor shower |
| 06 Fri | 01:40.4 | Moon occults 51 Tau (5.6, multiple) until 02:46.0 |
| 06 Fri | 02:26.3 | Moon occults 56 Tau (5.3) until 03:02.2 |
| 07 Sat | 20:58 | Jupiter: Ganymede eclipsed until 22:48 |
| 07 Sat | 23:00 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 09 Mon | 08:30 | Full Moon |
| 09 Mon | 17:29 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 09 Mon | 17:49 | Jupiter: Europa eclipse ends |
| 09 Mon | 18h | asteroid (4)Vesta (8.2) 8' lower right of tau Aqr (4.0) |
| 10 Tue | 03:01.0 | Moon occults SAO 97429 (6.0, double) until 03:42.1 |
| 11 Wed | 05:48.1 | Moon occults 60 Cnc (5.4, double) until 06:20.7 |
| 11 Wed | 06:48.0 | Moon occults alpha Cnc (4.3, multiple) until 07:10.1 |
| 13 Fri | 4h | Mars (-0.1) 10" upper left of TYC 277-395-1 (6.8) |
| 14 Sat | 0h | Moon 8° lower right of Mars (-0.1) |
| 14 Sat | 04:10.4 | Moon occults 87 Leo (4.8) until 05:18.5 |
| 15 Sun | 00:55 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 15 Sun | 01:00 | Jupiter: Ganymede eclipse ends, difficult |
| 16 Mon | 10:08 | Moon: last quarter (topocentric: 10:58) |
| 16 Mon | 18:02 | Jupiter: Europa eclipsed until 20:28 |
| 16 Mon | 19:24 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 19 Thu | 6h | Mars (-0.2) 1' lower right of TYC 277-708-1 (7.6) |
| 20 Fri | 19h | dwarf planet (1)Ceres (9.2) 10' upper right of SAO 128655 (5.1) |
| 23 Mon | 08:39 | New Moon (topocentric: 07:49) |
| 23 Mon | 20:41 | Jupiter: Europa eclipsed until 23:07 |
| 23 Mon | 21:19 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 25 Wed | 6h | comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) (ca. 6.5) 9' upper left of rho Her (multiple, main components 4.6 & 5.4) |
| 27 Fri | 16:53.4 | Moon occults 19 Psc (5.0) until 18:00.2 |
| 30 Mon | 23:15 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 30 Mon | 23:20 | Jupiter: Europa eclipse begins |
| 31 Tue | 05:10 | Moon: first quarter (topocentric: 05:33) |
| 31 Tue | 18:02.0 | Moon occults rho 2 Aqr (5.8) until 18:31.1 |
| Mercury: | in Sagittarius/Capricornus; begin of Jan in the SE morning sky |
| Venus: | in Capricornus/Aquarius; SW evening sky |
| Mars: | in Leo/Virgo; almost all the night |
| Jupiter: | in Pisces; first half of the night |
| Saturn: | in Virgo; SE morning sky |
| Uranus: | in Pisces; W evening sky |
| Neptune: | in Aquarius; invisible |
| Day | Time (MEZ) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Wed | 17:44 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 01 Wed | 19h | Moon 3° below M45 the Pleiades |
| 02 Thu | 20h | Moon: Golden Handle (Jura) visible |
| 03 Fri | 6h | comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) (ca. 6.5) 30' upper right of M92 globular cluster (6.5) |
| 04 Sat | ca.18:56.6 | Moon occults 16 Gem (6.2) until ca.19:00.8 - grazing occultation |
| 07 Tue | 01:01.8 | Moon occults 29 Cnc (5.9, double) until 02:13.8 |
| 07 Tue | 22:54 | Full Moon |
| 08 Wed | 04:30.0 | Moon occults omega Leo (5.5, double) until 05:30.3 |
| 08 Wed | 19:39 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 09 Thu | 19h | Venus (-4.1) 0.5° lower right of Uranus (5.9) |
| 09 Thu | 21:42.2 | Moon occults 62 Leo (6.0) until 22:43.3 |
| 10 Fri | 4h | Saturn (0.5) 30" left of TYC 5553 1377 (10.5) |
| 10 Fri | 4h | Moon 9° below Mars (-0.8) |
| 10 Fri | 17:44 | Jupiter: Europa eclipse ends |
| 14 Tue | 18:04 | Moon: last quarter (topocentric: 18:08) |
| 15 Wed | 21:34 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 17 Fri | 0h | asteroid (15)Eunomia (9.6) 5' right of 44 Tau (5.4) |
| 17 Fri | 06:01.4 | Moon occults SAO 186135 (5.7, multiple) until 07:08.8 |
| 17 Fri | 17:58 | Jupiter: Europa eclipsed until 20:23 |
| 18 Sat | 05:40.4 | Moon: end of occultation of xi 2 Sgr (3.5) |
| 19 Sun | 21:11 | Jupiter: Ganymede eclipse begins |
| 20 Mon | 0h | Saturn and its rings occult TYC 5553 908 (10.9), difficult |
| 21 Tue | 23:35 | New Moon (topocentric: 00:40) |
| 22 Wed | 18.2h | very thin lunar crescent, extremely difficult |
| 24 Fri | 17:59 | Jupiter: Io eclipse ends |
| 25 Sat | 21h | Moon 3° upper right of Venus (-4.2) |
| 27 Mon | 21:27.1 | Moon occults 36 Ari (6.4) until 22:26.8 |
| 29 Wed | 17:56.9 | Moon occults 53 Tau (5.5, double) until 19:15.7 |
| Mercury: | in Capricornus/Aquarius; from ca. 22.Feb. onwards in the SW evening sky |
| Venus: | in Pisces; SW evening sky |
| Mars: | in Virgo/Leo; almost all the night |
| Jupiter: | in Aries; first half of the night |
| Saturn: | in Virgo; second half of the night |
| Uranus: | in Pisces; until ca. Mid-February in the W evening sky |
| Neptune: | in Aquarius; invisible |
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