January 1917

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 63%
10. 2 73%
11. 3 81%
12. 4 88%
13. 5 94%
14. 6 98%
15. 7 100%
16. 8 Full
17. 9 98%
18. 10 95%
19. 11 90%
20. 12 84%
21. 13 76%
22. 14 68%
23. 15 58%
24. 16 Last qtr
25. 17 37%
26. 18 27%
27. 19 18%
28. 20 10%
29. 21 4%
30. 22 1%
31. 23 New
32. 24 3%
33. 25 9%
34. 26 16%
35. 27 26%
36. 28 36%
37. 29 First qtr
38. 30 57%
39. 31 67%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in January 1917

1. Tue, Jan 210:22 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

2. Mon, Jan 82:42 AM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

3. Mon, Jan 82:44 AM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

4. Mon, Jan 811:39 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Jan 811:41 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

6. Tue, Jan 911:58 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Jan 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

8. Sun, Jan 147:40 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jan 166:42 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

10. Wed, Jan 172:03 PM

    Saturn at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

11. Fri, Jan 191:07 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

12. Sun, Jan 2111:00 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Jan 221:17 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Jan 232:28 AM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

15. Tue, Jan 232:40 AM

    New Moon

    The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

16. Tue, Jan 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.

17. Tue, Jan 234:04 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Jan 238:04 PM

    Neptune at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

19. Wed, Jan 242:26 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

20. Wed, Jan 243:55 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

21. Mon, Jan 298:01 PM

    First Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

22. Tue, Jan 3011:47 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.