January 1942

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 99%
13. 2 Full
14. 3 99%
15. 4 96%
16. 5 91%
17. 6 84%
18. 7 76%
19. 8 67%
20. 9 56%
21. 10 Last qtr
22. 11 34%
23. 12 23%
24. 13 14%
25. 14 7%
26. 15 2%
27. 16 New
28. 17 1%
29. 18 4%
30. 19 10%
31. 20 17%
32. 21 26%
33. 22 35%
34. 23 45%
35. 24 First qtr
36. 25 64%
37. 26 72%
38. 27 80%
39. 28 87%
40. 29 93%
41. 30 97%
42. 31 99%

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

Events in January 1942

1. Fri, Jan 210:42 AM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

2. Thu, Jan 82:33 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Jan 101:05 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Wed, Jan 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.

5. Fri, Jan 164:32 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Sat, Jan 179:38 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Jan 189:21 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Jan 241:36 AM

   First Quarter

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

9. Sun, Jan 257:05 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

10. Sun, Jan 251:47 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Jan 2510:30 PM

    Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, Jan 2511:23 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Jan 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

14. Tue, Jan 276:01 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

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