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SkyWatch: January 2025
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Tue, 2025 Jan 21 04:18 UT)
RA 20 12 13.5Dec -19 58 02.4
X 0.507218
Y -0.773750
Z -0.335414
R 0.984105
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2025 Jan 20 | 05:40 | 06:11 | 06:44 | 07:13 | 17:07 | 17:36 | 18:09 | 18:40 |
| 2025 Jan 21 | 05:39 | 06:11 | 06:43 | 07:12 | 17:08 | 17:37 | 18:10 | 18:41 |
| 2025 Jan 22 | 05:39 | 06:10 | 06:43 | 07:11 | 17:10 | 17:38 | 18:11 | 18:42 |
Moon Information
Currently (Tue, 2025 Jan 21 04:18 UT)
RA 13 25 54.8Selected Positions for January 2025
Dec -11 20 48.2
Phase -0.563 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.904 degrees
Diameter 29.55 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 102WLocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2025 Jan 20 23:07 04:55 10:22 2025 Jan 21 00:06 05:35 10:43 2025 Jan 22 01:06 06:17 11:07 Phases for 2025
New First Full Last
Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
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Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44Planet Information
Currently (Tue, 2025 Jan 21 04:18 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 20 12 13.5 -19 58 02.4
Opposition 08 12 13.5 +19 58 02.4 180E 17:03 00:08 07:13
Mercury 19 20 21.3 -23 27 33.5 13W 06:43 11:19 15:54
Venus 23 13 30.3 -04 28 30.0 47E 09:19 15:07 21:12
Mars 07 46 33.6 +25 34 28.6 172E 16:15 23:41 07:07
Jupiter 04 39 14.0 +21 36 07.1 130E 13:24 20:35 03:45
Saturn 23 11 15.3 -07 20 01.6 45E 09:21 14:57 20:28
Uranus 03 22 28.5 +18 16 09.9 112E 12:20 19:18 02:16
Neptune 23 52 14.2 -02 13 48.8 57E 09:44 15:37 21:23
Pluto 20 17 30.1 -23 04 05.4 3E 07:24 12:03 16:35
Jan 01 2025 Jan 16 2025 Jan 31 2025
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Sun 18 45 32.9 -23 01 24.2 19 50 56.3 -20 59 27.7 21 57 39.5 -12 26 19.2
Opposition 06 45 32.9 +23 01 24.2 180E 07 50 56.3 +20 59 27.7 180E 09 57 39.5 +12 26 19.2 180E
Mercury 17 14 49.1 -21 54 49.2 21W 18 46 59.2 -23 48 07.8 15W 22 20 02.5 -12 12 45.1 5E
Venus 22 00 14.6 -13 42 16.3 47E 22 56 42.8 -06 50 11.7 47E 00 18 17.9 +06 45 40.5 40E
Mars 08 19 00.9 +23 37 25.2 159W 07 55 05.4 +25 10 21.6 176W 07 16 16.0 +26 14 21.9 140E
Jupiter 04 46 01.6 +21 44 28.6 152E 04 40 27.3 +21 37 22.6 136E 04 38 38.4 +21 40 33.7 104E
Saturn 23 04 46.8 -08 02 58.8 64E 23 09 28.7 -07 31 42.2 50E 23 21 45.3 -06 11 54.7 22E
Uranus 03 23 50.3 +18 20 47.3 133E 03 22 41.5 +18 16 51.7 117E 03 22 46.9 +18 17 53.0 86E
Neptune 23 50 51.3 -02 23 30.3 76E 23 51 49.3 -02 16 40.2 61E 23 55 00.4 -01 55 10.9 31E
Pluto 20 14 47.6 -23 11 17.4 21E 20 16 48.6 -23 05 52.7 6E 20 20 59.5 -22 55 31.6 25W