Since the great conjunction of the 21st, Saturn, 0.61 magnitude, has moved passed brighter Jupiter, -1.94m, and the space between the two is widening. On the 21st, Saturn set 11 seconds after Jupiter. Today, January 4, Saturn sets at 6:04:45pm; Jupiter follows 8 minutes later, setting at 6:12:39pm. Mercury may be too close to the horizon for successful viewing without binoculars.
Following nearly 15 hours of darkness, the morning star, brilliant planet Venus, -3.92 magnitude (the lower the number the brighter the celestial body), is easily spotted in the southeast from about 6:15am until nearly 7am, although the planet dims as twilight brightens. Venus rises at 6:01am tomorrow morning.