Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2022 January 21

Young Star Jet MHO 2147

Image Credit & License: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA Acknowledgments: L. Ferrero (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)
Explanation: Laser guide stars and adaptive optics sharpened this stunning ground-based image of stellar jets from the Gemini South Observatory, Chilean Andes, planet Earth. These twin outflows of MHO 2147 are from a young star in formation. It lies toward the central Milky Way and the boundary of the constellations Sagittarius and Ophiuchus at an estimated distance of some 10,000 light-years. At center, the star itself is obscured by a dense region of cold dust. But the infrared image still traces the sinuous jets across a frame that would span about 5 light-years at the system’s estimated distance. Driven outward by the young rotating star, the apparent wandering direction of the jets is likely due to precession. Part of a multiple star system, the young star’s rotational axis would slowly precess or wobble like a top under the gravitation influence of its nearby companions.

21January 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

Today and tonight the Moon will be in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on January 21 has an illumination of 88%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On January 21 the Moon is 18.06 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 88%
Moon Age: 18.06 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 386,941.06 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,227,433.58 km

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For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

21 January 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:01 Aquarius 45
Moon:15 Virgo 55
Mercury:05 Aquarius 24 Rx
Venus:12 Capricorn 15 Rx
Mars:28 Sagittarius 02
Jupiter:04 Pisces 55
Saturn:14 Aquarius 16
Uranus:10 Taurus 49
Neptune:21 Pisces 08
Pluto:26 Capricorn 37
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 27 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 26 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Gemini 46
Chiron:08 Aries 56
Ceres:28 Taurus 08
Pallas:22 Pisces 16
Juno:25 Capricorn 34
Vesta:05 Capricorn 38
Eris:23 Aries 42

Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3

Cardinal:6
Fixed:7
Mutable:6

Southern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

21 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:01 Aquarius 32
Moon:13 Virgo 15
Mercury:05 Aquarius 39 Rx
Venus:12 Capricorn 19 Rx
Mars:27 Sagittarius 53
Jupiter:04 Pisces 52
Saturn:14 Aquarius 15
Uranus:10 Taurus 49
Neptune:21 Pisces 08
Pluto:26 Capricorn 37
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 29 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 26 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Gemini 45
Chiron:08 Aries 56
Ceres:28 Taurus 07
Pallas:22 Pisces 12
Juno:25 Capricorn 29
Vesta:05 Capricorn 31
Eris:23 Aries 42

Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3

Cardinal:6
Fixed:7
Mutable:6

Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

21 January 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:01 Aquarius 10
Moon:08 Virgo 27
Mercury:06 Aquarius 05 Rx
Venus:12 Capricorn 26 Rx
Mars:27 Sagittarius 37
Jupiter:04 Pisces 47
Saturn:14 Aquarius 12
Uranus:10 Taurus 49
Neptune:21 Pisces 07
Pluto:26 Capricorn 36
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 32 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 28 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Gemini 42
Chiron:08 Aries 55
Ceres:28 Taurus 06
Pallas:22 Pisces 05
Juno:25 Capricorn 20
Vesta:05 Capricorn 20
Eris:23 Aries 42

Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3

Cardinal:6
Fixed:7
Mutable:6

Flashback 2000 Imbolc

Daylight hours are gradually lengthening, and the Earth is beginning to stir. Although she is still in the middle of her winter’s rest, our planet subtly begins to plan. It’s appropriate that this period is represented by Aquarius, an air sign, since all change begins first in the mind. Every new thought or idea is full of raw potential as the Earth is now,nailing for the touch of fire to ignite her new growth period. Uranus is the ruler of Aquarius, and the planet best known for its jurisdiction over the future. This electric energy only looks forward, never back. It is during Imbolc, in fact, as the Sun is passing through Aquarius, that many ideas are born. As we prepare for the upcoming Equinox, then, it’s important to be sure that we’re looking ahead, as Uranus does, with all the electric enthusiasm and genius of Aquarius. Honor the potential of the coming spring by uncovering your gift of prophecy. Whether you use a crystal ball, a dream journal, or another type of predictive tool, prepare for the Equinox in your heart, by understanding how much is possible now.

©️ By Kim Rogers-Gallagher Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook 2000 Page 95

Flashback 2000 Lammas

At Lammas, the Sun is at the very peak of Leo, the sign this planet loves above all others. Our star’s warmth is at its most powerful now in the Northern Hemisphere, as it appears directly overhead. At this time, life too, ia at its peak—as are the crops. The ancients celebrated this festival by giving thanks for their first harvest, most especially the grain harvest, even as they accepted the beginning of the God’s descent into the underworld. The myth of the asteroid-Goddess Ceres (Demeter), giver of the grain, also relates to this season. It was now when she would bid her daughter Farwell, since Persephone was obligated to return to the Underworld to rejoin Hades (Pluto). So bereaved was Ceres to see her daughter leave her, she refused to all the Earth to produce grain until her return. At this time,nothing, modern practitioners should be remind of both astrological principles: the fullness of life the Sun brings, and the necessity for rest, as signified by the coming fall.

©️ By Kim Rogers-Gallagher Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook 2000 Page 95

Printable Full Moon Affirmation

Thank you for everything.

All my needs are met in all areas of my life.

I have all that I need while walking towards what I desire to have in my life.

I release thoughts, worries, fears, attachments, relationships, situations, and all that doesn’t serve my Higher Purpose or Higher Self.

And so it is.