January 1960

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 12%
14. 2 20%
15. 3 29%
16. 4 39%
17. 5 First qtr
18. 6 59%
19. 7 68%
20. 8 77%
21. 9 84%
22. 10 90%
23. 11 95%
24. 12 98%
25. 13 Full
26. 14 99%
27. 15 97%
28. 16 93%
29. 17 87%
30. 18 79%
31. 19 70%
32. 20 60%
33. 21 Last qtr
34. 22 38%
35. 23 27%
36. 24 17%
37. 25 9%
38. 26 4%
39. 27 1%
40. 28 New
41. 29 3%
42. 30 8%
43. 31 15%

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

Events in January 1960

1. Tue, Jan 51:53 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Jan 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.

3. Mon, Jan 111:37 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Jan 136:51 PM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

5. Fri, Jan 1511:54 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Jan 217:02 AM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Jan 2110:01 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Fri, Jan 2212:38 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Jan 253:02 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Jan 254:40 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.

11. Mon, Jan 259:54 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Jan 263:41 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.

13. Tue, Jan 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.

14. Tue, Jan 268:58 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Jan 269:52 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

16. Thu, Jan 281:15 AM

    New Moon

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

17. Sun, Jan 3110:44 AM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

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