January 1953

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 98%
13. 2 94%
14. 3 89%
15. 4 83%
16. 5 75%
17. 6 66%
18. 7 57%
19. 8 Last qtr
20. 9 38%
21. 10 28%
22. 11 19%
23. 12 11%
24. 13 5%
25. 14 1%
26. 15 New
27. 16 2%
28. 17 7%
29. 18 14%
30. 19 23%
31. 20 33%
32. 21 44%
33. 22 First qtr
34. 23 66%
35. 24 75%
36. 25 83%
37. 26 90%
38. 27 95%
39. 28 98%
40. 29 Full
41. 30 100%
42. 31 97%

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

Events in January 1953

1. Sun, Jan 4

   Apogee

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

2. Tue, Jan 68:55 PM

   Uranus at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

3. Thu, Jan 85:09 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Thu, Jan 89:55 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

5. Wed, Jan 1412:18 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Jan 159:08 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Fri, Jan 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.

8. Sat, Jan 173:04 PM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Jan 184:19 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.

10. Sun, Jan 184:49 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Jan 185:26 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Jan 2212:43 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Tue, Jan 276:33 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Jan 296:44 PM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

15. Thu, Jan 296:47 PM

    Total lunar eclipse

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

16. Sat, Jan 319:52 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

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