January 1966

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 66%
15. 2 76%
16. 3 84%
17. 4 91%
18. 5 97%
19. 6 100%
20. 7 Full
21. 8 97%
22. 9 91%
23. 10 83%
24. 11 73%
25. 12 62%
26. 13 Last qtr
27. 14 41%
28. 15 31%
29. 16 22%
30. 17 14%
31. 18 8%
32. 19 4%
33. 20 1%
34. 21 New
35. 22 1%
36. 23 4%
37. 24 8%
38. 25 14%
39. 26 21%
40. 27 30%
41. 28 39%
42. 29 First qtr
43. 30 59%
44. 31 69%

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

Events in January 1966

1. Wed, Jan 511:33 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Jan 712:16 AM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

3. Sat, Jan 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.

4. Sun, Jan 95:43 AM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Jan 115:19 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Jan 133:00 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Sat, Jan 157:09 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jan 2011:36 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Jan 2110:46 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Sun, Jan 2310:20 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Jan 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

12. Tue, Jan 252:38 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Jan 263:32 AM

    Venus at inferior conjunction

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

14. Sat, Jan 292:48 PM

    First Quarter

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

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