January 1956

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 82%
9. 2 73%
10. 3 63%
11. 4 Last qtr
12. 5 42%
13. 6 33%
14. 7 24%
15. 8 16%
16. 9 10%
17. 10 5%
18. 11 2%
19. 12 New
20. 13 0%
21. 14 2%
22. 15 6%
23. 16 12%
24. 17 19%
25. 18 27%
26. 19 37%
27. 20 First qtr
28. 21 58%
29. 22 69%
30. 23 79%
31. 24 88%
32. 25 95%
33. 26 99%
34. 27 Full
35. 28 98%
36. 29 94%
37. 30 87%
38. 31 79%

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

Events in January 1956

1. Wed, Jan 45:41 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Jan 85:02 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Jan 811:12 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.

4. Sun, Jan 811:48 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Jan 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

6. Wed, Jan 111:27 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Thu, Jan 1210:01 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Sat, Jan 142:19 AM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Jan 142:34 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Jan 205:58 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Sat, Jan 213:27 AM

    Uranus at opposition

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

12. Thu, Jan 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.

13. Thu, Jan 2611:09 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Jan 278:50 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

15. Fri, Jan 279:40 AM

    Full Moon Wolf MoonSupermoon

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

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