Earth at Perihelion
Earth will be at the closest point in its orbit around the Sun on this date - 91,403,034 miles.
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VOF Moonth-ly Meetup with Br. Bob Macke, SJ
Virtual EventJoin us for a Full Moon Meetup with Br. Bob Macke, SJ, - curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory.
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Feast of the Epiphany
Epiphany also known as Theophany in the east, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation (theophany) of God incarnate as Jesus Christ. Articles about the Feast of the Epiphany on the VO Faith and Science Archive.
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Full Moon 2026
The Full Moon rises at sunset, and is visible all night. The Vatican Observatory's monthly Full Moon Meetup for Sacred Space Astronomy subscribers is held at 10:00 AM Tucson time.
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Last Quarter Moon 2026
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.
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New Moon 2026
New Moon. By the modern definition, New Moon occurs when the Moon and Sun are at the same geocentric ecliptic longitude. The part of the Moon facing us is completely in shadow then. Pictured here is the traditional New Moon, the earliest visible waxing crescent, which signals the start of a new month in many […]
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
"Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi helped inspire." - Wikipedia
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First Quarter Moon 2026
The Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. […]
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VOF Moonth-ly Meetup with Dr. Melissa Brucker
Join us on February 1st for our next Full Moon-th On-line Meetup! Our guest will be Dr. Melissa Brucker, a Research Scientist at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, and the Principal Investigator for Spacewatch. Our tradition of hosting online meetups with our Sacred Space Astronomy members and the Vatican Observatory staff, scholars […]
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Bertrand Russell died, 1970 (b. 1872).
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM FRS (/ˈrʌsəl/; 18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life, Russell considered himself a liberal, a socialistand a pacifist, although he also confessed that his sceptical nature had led him to feel that he had "never […]
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Faith, Science, and the Common Good – University of Mary
Br. Guy Consolmagno discusses science as an exploration of the natural world based on logic and reason. And yet logic and reason must always start with assumptions, accepted on faith. Our core beliefs not only determine how we expect the universe to work; they also and just as importantly supply the motivation for the science […]