January 1939

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 77%
9. 2 86%
10. 3 93%
11. 4 98%
12. 5 Full
13. 6 99%
14. 7 95%
15. 8 88%
16. 9 80%
17. 10 70%
18. 11 59%
19. 12 Last qtr
20. 13 38%
21. 14 29%
22. 15 20%
23. 16 13%
24. 17 7%
25. 18 3%
26. 19 1%
27. 20 New
28. 21 1%
29. 22 4%
30. 23 9%
31. 24 15%
32. 25 22%
33. 26 31%
34. 27 41%
35. 28 First qtr
36. 29 62%
37. 30 72%
38. 31 82%

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

Events in January 1939

1. Sun, Jan 112:50 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Jan 33:29 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

3. Thu, Jan 54:30 PM

   Full Moon Wolf MoonSupermoon

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

4. Fri, Jan 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.

5. Thu, Jan 128:11 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sat, Jan 143:49 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Jan 163:32 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Jan 182:44 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Jan 208:27 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Fri, Jan 20

    Apogee

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

11. Thu, Jan 2610:47 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Jan 2810:00 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Sat, Jan 289:03 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Jan 307:44 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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