JANUARY 2022 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart January 7 Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. NASA / LRO 22 18 16 MOON PHASES MON SUN TUE WED THU FRI 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 NEW MOON January 2 18:33 UT FULL MOON January 17 23:48 UT DISTANCES Perigee FIRST QUARTER January 9 18:11 UT LAST QUARTER January 25 13:41 UT January 1, 23h UT 358,033 km Diameter 33′ 23″ Apogee 405,805 km Perigee January 14, 09h UT Diameter 29′ 27″ January 30, 07h UT 362,252 km Diameter 32′ 59″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Vashakidze Crater * Wilson Crater * Pilâtre Crater * Baade Crater Planet location shown for mid-month α January 7 January 16 January 18 January 22 42 JANUARY 2022 * SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy Double star USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label for the direction you're facing is at the bottom. That's the horizon. The center of the map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map above horizons you're not facing. Exact for latitude 40°N. -40° c i n g 3 -1 1 2 3 4 0° 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 SAT -20° Capella AURIGA M38M36 M37 M35 GEMINI α Castor Pollux E g -1 0 1 2 3 4 a Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula S E Bellatrix Betelgeuse ORION M42 Rigel 9h M41 α F a Sirius β c i n g µ η γ β F ι α β θ HYDRA c i n a α s t ο ι β ε ζ δ γ a F LYNX β g n c i gol β ρ α LEO MINOR E N 6h F a Polaris +80° β URSA MINOR Thuban α +60° r o N 5h h t 12h E C L α I P T I C α COLUMBA CANI S MAJOR β ε ο2 γ ERIDANUS β ζ β LEPUS γ α Pleiades Hyades Aldebaran TAURUS CAELUM MONOCEROS M47 M46 CANI S MINOR Procyon CANCER β M44 γ M67 α LEO ζ α γ δ PERSEUS ε CAMELOPARDAL I S M82 M81 α Alcor Mizar URSA MAJOR M48 λ α δ ε ζ κ β γ B i g D i p p e r M50 α α λ ξ ο β Moon Jan 13 Moon Jan 17