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2021, January 17: Starry Mornings, Evening Planets
January 17, 2021: Venus slowly slides into bright sunlight. Step outside to see starry mornings. In the evening sky, Mercury is low in the sky after sunset. The moon is near a fish. Mars approaches the planet Uranus.
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2021, January 16: Morning Sky, Evening Sky
January 16, 2021: With Venus slipping from the morning sky, look for bright stars in the morning sky. In the evening the crescent moon appears to the upper left of Mercury. Mars approaches planet Uranus.
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2021, January 15: Crescent Moon, Evening Planets
January 15, 2021: The crescent moon, Mercury, and Jupiter group in the southwestern sky after sunset. Mars is higher in the southeast near Beta Arietis. The Red Planet is nearing a conjunction with Uranus.
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2021, January 15: Morning Sky, Leo in West
January 15, 2021: Leo the Lion is tilted westward before sunrise during mid-January mornings.
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2021, January 14: Crescent Moon, Evening Planets
January 14, 2021: This evening the thin lunar crescent joins Mercury and Jupiter after sunset.
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2021, January 14: Brilliant Morning Star Venus
January 14, 2021: Venus is slowly disappearing from the morning sky. It is low in the southeast during bright morning twilight.
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2021, January 13: Evening Planets
January 13, 2021: Mercury and Jupiter can be found in the west-southwest during bright evening twilight. Mars is higher in the sky when the sky is darker. It is nearing the planet Uranus.
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2021, January 13: Morning Star in Southeast
January 13, 2021: As sunrise approaches brilliant Venus is visible low in the southeast before sunrise.
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2021, January 28: Sirius Rises at Sunset
January 28, 2021: The sky brightest nighttime star, Sirius, rises at sunset from mid-northern latitudes to join winter’s brightest stars in their evening jaunts across the sky.
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2021, January 12: Venus Slips Away
January 12, 2021: Brilliant Morning Star Venus is slowly slipping into the sun’s glare. It rises about 2 minutes later each morning this month
