During the early evening hours of winter, the stars that shine from the southern sky are a sampler of the sky’s brightest stars.
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2021, January 21: Morning Stars, Evening Bright Moon
January 21, 2021: Several bright stars are in the morning sky. This morning look for Antares in the east-southeast. Mercury – near its greatest elongation – is in the west-southwest after sunset. Mars and the moon are near each other. Planet Uranus is near Mars.
2021, January 20: Mercury, Bright Moon, Mars Conjunction
January 20, 2021: Mercury is low in the west-southwest after sunset. The bright moon is to the lower right of Mars, while the Red Planet passes planet Uranus.
2021, January 19: Mercury, Moon, Mars, Uranus
January 19, 2021: Mercury is low in the west-southwest after sunset. The moon is approaching Mars before their grouping tomorrow evening. Mars nears the planet Uranus before tomorrow’s conjunction.
2021, January 18: Morning Herder, Evening Planets
January 18, 2021: Without a bright morning planet, bright Arcturus and the constellation Bootes the Herdsman is high in the south. The crescent moon is in the early evening sky. Mars is near the planet Uranus. They are high in the south-southeast as night falls.
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.
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.
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.
2021, January 15: Morning Sky, Leo in West
January 15, 2021: Leo the Lion is tilted westward before sunrise during mid-January mornings.
2021, January 14: Crescent Moon, Evening Planets
January 14, 2021: This evening the thin lunar crescent joins Mercury and Jupiter after sunset.