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New Year, new Moon! 🌚 Kicking off 2022, stargazing is at its best on the nights around the new Moon on Jan. 2. Later that night, catch the peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower. Look for meteors after midnight local time, after the constellation they appear to originate from, Boötes, rises above the horizon. ☄️ This tends to be one of the better meteor showers of the year and often produces bright meteors called fireballs! A few days later, look for the Moon with Jupiter on Jan. 5 in the west, and with Mars and Venus on Jan. 29 in the east. Venus is now appearing in the morning after being "the Evening Star" in 2021, and Mars is returning to the skies after its solar conjunction last fall, where it passed behind the Sun as seen from Earth. Listen in for more skywatching tips from NASA! Credit: NASA Producer: Preston Dyches