January 1930

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 3%
12. 2 7%
13. 3 12%
14. 4 19%
15. 5 27%
16. 6 36%
17. 7 First qtr
18. 8 56%
19. 9 66%
20. 10 76%
21. 11 85%
22. 12 93%
23. 13 98%
24. 14 Full
25. 15 99%
26. 16 95%
27. 17 89%
28. 18 80%
29. 19 71%
30. 20 60%
31. 21 Last qtr
32. 22 40%
33. 23 30%
34. 24 22%
35. 25 14%
36. 26 8%
37. 27 4%
38. 28 1%
39. 29 New
40. 30 1%
41. 31 3%

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

Events in January 1930

1. Wed, Jan 1

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

2. Wed, Jan 111:30 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Jan 211:36 AM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Jan 32:45 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Jan 32:05 PM

   Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.

6. Fri, Jan 32:46 PM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Jan 57:31 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

8. Tue, Jan 74:11 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jan 710:11 PM

   First Quarter

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

10. Sat, Jan 112:16 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Jan 145:21 PM

    Full Moon Wolf MoonSupermoon

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

12. Tue, Jan 14

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,400 km.

13. Fri, Jan 176:57 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Jan 2111:07 AM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Tue, Jan 217:33 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

16. Thu, Jan 237:21 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Jan 284:59 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Jan 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.

19. Wed, Jan 294:54 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

20. Wed, Jan 299:49 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

21. Wed, Jan 292:07 PM

    New Moon

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

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