January, 2015
Index
The sky of Tokyo
Calendar (January)
1 | New Year’s Day [Shogatsu] (National holiday) |
4 | Earth passes perihelion / the Quadrantids Meteor Shower is peak around 11 a.m. (the outburst would not be expected because the peak is in day time and there is effect of moonlight during whole night.) |
5 | Full Moon |
12 | Coming-of-Age Day [Seijin no hi] (National holiday) |
13 | Last Quarter |
15 | Greatest Eastern Elongation of Mercury |
20 | New Moon |
21 | Mercury at stationary point |
27 | First Quarter |
30 | Mercury at inferior conjunction |
The posted peak day and time of meteor showers is based on the prediction of IMO(International Meteor Organization).