January 1940

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 Last qtr
10. 2 44%
11. 3 34%
12. 4 24%
13. 5 15%
14. 6 9%
15. 7 4%
16. 8 1%
17. 9 New
18. 10 1%
19. 11 5%
20. 12 9%
21. 13 15%
22. 14 23%
23. 15 31%
24. 16 40%
25. 17 First qtr
26. 18 59%
27. 19 69%
28. 20 78%
29. 21 86%
30. 22 93%
31. 23 98%
32. 24 Full
33. 25 99%
34. 26 95%
35. 27 89%
36. 28 81%
37. 29 71%
38. 30 60%
39. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in January 1940

1. Mon, Jan 111:56 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sat, Jan 61:31 PM

   Mars and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Jan 98:53 AM

   New Moon

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

4. Sun, Jan 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

5. Mon, Jan 152:24 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Jan 152:49 PM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

   All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.

7. Tue, Jan 1612:50 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Jan 179:57 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Jan 171:21 PM

   First Quarter

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

10. Fri, Jan 197:06 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Jan 246:22 PM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

12. Fri, Jan 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.

13. Sun, Jan 284:55 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Jan 319:47 AM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Wed, Jan 311:36 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

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