January Dance Between Mercury and Venus

[Curt Renz]

During the coming early evenings, Mercury and Venus will be performing a dance in our western sky. They will appear within 1° of each other this month from the 8th through 12th. They will appear closest during the evening of January 10th with a separation of only 38 arcminutes.

Below is a chart I created to illustrate how Mercury and Venus will be appearing in Chicago's western sky at 17:30 CST during the coming evenings.

Photos and descriptions of the pair would be welcome additions to this thread.

 

[stevezzzz]

Thanks for this, Curt. I'll be looking westward at sunset over the next few days; I hope the pair is high enough in the sky to be visible above the Rockies.

 

[FredTMC]

Thx curt. I've noticed Venus. I'll look for mercury .