January 1936

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 First qtr
12. 2 62%
13. 3 73%
14. 4 82%
15. 5 90%
16. 6 95%
17. 7 99%
18. 8 Full
19. 9 99%
20. 10 96%
21. 11 91%
22. 12 85%
23. 13 78%
24. 14 70%
25. 15 61%
26. 16 Last qtr
27. 17 42%
28. 18 32%
29. 19 23%
30. 20 15%
31. 21 8%
32. 22 3%
33. 23 0%
34. 24 New
35. 25 3%
36. 26 8%
37. 27 16%
38. 28 25%
39. 29 36%
40. 30 First qtr
41. 31 58%

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

Events in January 1936

1. Wed, Jan 110:15 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Wed, Jan 81:09 PM

   Total lunar eclipse

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

3. Wed, Jan 81:15 PM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

4. Tue, Jan 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.

5. Wed, Jan 154:52 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Jan 161:53 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Thu, Jan 162:41 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Mon, Jan 203:24 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Jan 206:37 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

10. Tue, Jan 211:25 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Jan 242:18 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Fri, Jan 2411:24 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Jan 251:30 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Jan 2611:51 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

15. Sun, Jan 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.

16. Thu, Jan 306:36 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Fri, Jan 315:45 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

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