January 1962

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 26%
10. 2 18%
11. 3 10%
12. 4 5%
13. 5 1%
14. 6 New
15. 7 2%
16. 8 7%
17. 9 14%
18. 10 23%
19. 11 33%
20. 12 45%
21. 13 First qtr
22. 14 66%
23. 15 76%
24. 16 84%
25. 17 91%
26. 18 96%
27. 19 99%
28. 20 Full
29. 21 99%
30. 22 97%
31. 23 92%
32. 24 87%
33. 25 80%
34. 26 71%
35. 27 62%
36. 28 Last qtr
37. 29 43%
38. 30 33%
39. 31 23%

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

Events in January 1962

1. Mon, Jan 16:16 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Jan 44:52 AM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Jan 59:01 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Jan 59:32 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

5. Fri, Jan 510:32 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Jan 67:35 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Sun, Jan 76:37 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Jan 77:17 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.

9. Sun, Jan 77:42 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Jan 75:16 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Jan 82:43 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Jan 8

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.

13. Sat, Jan 1312:01 AM

    First Quarter

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

14. Tue, Jan 162:50 PM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Jan 201:17 PM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

16. Sat, Jan 207:13 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

17. Mon, Jan 2212:42 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

18. Mon, Jan 2211:59 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

19. Tue, Jan 2312:24 PM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

20. Wed, Jan 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.

21. Sat, Jan 274:38 AM

    Venus behind the Sun

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

22. Sun, Jan 286:37 PM

    Last Quarter

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

23. Mon, Jan 293:53 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

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