(WHSV) - After 2023 started off with a bang, things quiet down this week up in the sky.

MARS CHANGES MOTION

The only significant event this week is Mars changing its motion up in the sky. Right now, Mars is moving more westward on a nightly basis relative to other objects in the sky. Wednesday night, that motion changes to an eastward motion on a nightly basis. Mars currently rises up with the Northern Taurus star cluster but starting Wednesday, Mars will start rising up closer and closer to the star Aldebaran and move away from the Northern Taurus and Pleiades star clusters.

GAINING DAYLIGHT

This week, we will gain 8 minutes of daylight. By January 16th, we will be up to 9 hours and 48 minutes of daylight and down to 14 hours and 12 minutes of nighttime. Sunrises start to move earlier as sunrise moves back one minute to 7:31 am and sunsets will move from 5:12 pm to 5:19 pm.

Daily Sunrise/Sunset Times this week:

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Daylight
Jan 9	7:32 am	5:12 pm	9 hrs, 40 mins
Jan 10	7:32 am	5:13 pm	9 hrs, 41 mins
Jan 11	7:32 am	5:14 pm	9 hrs, 42 mins
Jan 12	7:32 am	5:15 pm	9 hrs, 43 mins
Jan 13	7:32 am	5:16 pm	9 hrs, 44 mins
Jan 14	7:31 am	5:17 pm	9 hrs, 46 mins
Jan 15	7:31 am	5:18 pm	9 hrs, 47 mins