January 1944

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 37%
15. 2 First qtr
16. 3 59%
17. 4 70%
18. 5 79%
19. 6 87%
20. 7 93%
21. 8 97%
22. 9 99%
23. 10 Full
24. 11 99%
25. 12 95%
26. 13 91%
27. 14 85%
28. 15 77%
29. 16 69%
30. 17 60%
31. 18 Last qtr
32. 19 40%
33. 20 30%
34. 21 21%
35. 22 12%
36. 23 6%
37. 24 1%
38. 25 New
39. 26 2%
40. 27 6%
41. 28 13%
42. 29 22%
43. 30 32%
44. 31 43%

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

Events in January 1944

1. Sun, Jan 24:04 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Thu, Jan 65:32 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.

3. Thu, Jan 65:48 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Jan 812:04 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Jan 85:07 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

6. Mon, Jan 106:10 AM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

7. Thu, Jan 137:38 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jan 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

9. Sun, Jan 161:55 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Jan 164:01 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Jan 1811:32 AM

    Last Quarter

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

12. Sat, Jan 224:45 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Jan 237:20 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Jan 2511:24 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Tue, Jan 2511:26 AM

    Total solar eclipse

    The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

16. Wed, Jan 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.

17. Mon, Jan 312:55 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    25° 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.