upcoming astronomical events :
( All times in Universal Time – UT )
December 2021 21 — December Solstice at 3:50h p . m . 21-22 — Peak of the Ursids Meteor Shower 27 — Moon Last Quarter at 2:24h a . m .
January 2022 1 — Moon at Perigee . Distance from Earth : 358037 km 2 — New Moon at 6:35h p . m . 3-4 — Peak of the Quadrantids Meteor Shower 4 — Earth at Perihelion . Distance from Sun : 0.98333 AU 7 — Mercury at Greatest Elongation , 19.2 ° E 8 — Venus at Inferior Conjunction 9 — Moon First Quarter at 6:13h p . m . 14 — Moon at Apogee . Distance from Earth : 405806 km 17 — Full Moon at 11:51h p . m 23 — Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
25 — Moon Last Quarter at 1:42h p . m . 30 — Moon at Perigee . Distance from Earth : 362250 km
February 2022 1 — New Moon at 5:48h a . m . 4 — Saturn at solar conjunction , apparent separation of 0 ° 51 ’ from the Sun 3-4 — Peak of the Quadrantids Meteor Shower 8 — Moon First Quarter at 1:50h p . m . 9 — Venus , as a morning star , in its greatest brightness in 2022 10 — Moon at Apogee . Distance from Earth : 404,000 km 16 — Full Moon at 4:59h p . m 16 — Mercury at Greatest Elongation West 23 — Moon Last Quarter at 10:33h p . m . 26 — Moon at Perigee . Distance from Earth : 367,000 km
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