Monthly sky briefing
January 2025
In January 2025, Venus was the brightest thing in the evening sky, while Mars led the morning. The full moon fell on 13 Jan. The Quadrantids peaked around 3 Jan. 8 Starlink trains went up — a well-known source of "string of lights" reports in the days after.
Bright planets
- Venusevening sky · mag -4.6
- Jupiterevening sky · mag -2.6
- Marsmorning sky · mag -1.4
- Saturnevening sky · mag +1
Moon
- Full moon13 Jan
- New moon29 Jan
Meteor showers
- Quadrantidspeak 3 Jan
Rocket launches
8 launches · 8 Starlink
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-716 Jan
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-118 Jan
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-1210 Jan
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-413 Jan
Reports this monthopen 2025 on the map ↗
469most reported: orb (137), light (73), triangle (9)
Everything above is computed from public data — planet and moon positions, the launch log and the report catalogue. It doesn’t explain any single report; it just shows how much ordinary sky was overhead. What can’t be pinned to a planet, a launch or the moon is the part worth a closer look.