What's Up for January 2026: Skywatching Tips from NASA | JPL

What's Up for January 2026: Skywatching Tips from NASA | JPL

Here are examples of skywatching highlights for the northern hemisphere in January 2026:

Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest all year, the Moon and Saturn pair up, and the Beehive Cluster buzzes into view. 

0:00 Intro

0:11 Jupiter at opposition

0:50 Moon and Saturn conjunction

1:11 The beehive cluster

2:00 January Moon phases

Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at:
https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/whats-up/ 

Video Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Duration: 2 minutes, 24 seconds
Release Date: Jan. 1, 2026

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