January 1959

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 58%
13. 2 Last qtr
14. 3 36%
15. 4 25%
16. 5 16%
17. 6 8%
18. 7 3%
19. 8 1%
20. 9 New
21. 10 3%
22. 11 7%
23. 12 14%
24. 13 21%
25. 14 30%
26. 15 39%
27. 16 First qtr
28. 17 58%
29. 18 67%
30. 19 75%
31. 20 83%
32. 21 90%
33. 22 95%
34. 23 98%
35. 24 Full
36. 25 99%
37. 26 96%
38. 27 90%
39. 28 82%
40. 29 73%
41. 30 62%
42. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in January 1959

1. Fri, Jan 25:51 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Jan 412:52 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Jan 57:15 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Jan 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.

5. Wed, Jan 710:57 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Jan 72:18 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

7. Wed, Jan 76:18 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Jan 912:34 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Sat, Jan 1010:53 PM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Jan 164:27 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Sat, Jan 17

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

12. Sun, Jan 188:20 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Jan 242:33 PM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

14. Sat, Jan 31

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.

15. Sat, Jan 316:54 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Jan 312:07 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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