Volume 17 -- Issue 1 Sky Watch Calendar -- January 2011 01. Waning Crescent Moon and Inner Planets 02. Waning Crescent Moon Near Mercury 03. Earth at Perihelion - 147 105 721 km 04. New Moon Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peak Partial Solar Eclipse Venus at Western Elongation 09. Mercury at Western Elongation Waxing Crescent Moon Near Jupiter 10. Moon at Apogee - 404 977 km Waxing Crescent Moon Near Jupiter 11. Cassini Flyby of Rhea and Titan 12. First Quarter Moon 13. Waxing Gibbous Moon Near Hamal 15. Waxing Gibbous Moon Near the   Pleiades and Hyades 18. Waxing Gibbous Moon Near The Twins 19. Full Moon 20. Sun Enters Capricornus Sun Enters the Astrological Sign of Aquarius 21. Waning Gibbous Moon Near Regulus 22. Moon at Perigee - 362 792 km 25. Waning Gibbous Moon Near Saturn 26. Last Quarter Moon 27. Saturn Begins Retrograde Motion 28. Waning Crescent Moon Near Antares 29. Waning Crescent Moon Near Venus 30. Waning Crescent Moon Near Venus