January 1971

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 23%
14. 2 33%
15. 3 First qtr
16. 4 56%
17. 5 67%
18. 6 76%
19. 7 85%
20. 8 92%
21. 9 96%
22. 10 99%
23. 11 Full
24. 12 99%
25. 13 96%
26. 14 91%
27. 15 85%
28. 16 77%
29. 17 69%
30. 18 60%
31. 19 Last qtr
32. 20 41%
33. 21 31%
34. 22 22%
35. 23 14%
36. 24 7%
37. 25 2%
38. 26 New
39. 27 1%
40. 28 4%
41. 29 11%
42. 30 19%
43. 31 29%

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

Events in January 1971

1. Sun, Jan 311:55 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Mon, Jan 411:54 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Jan 710:51 AM

   Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

4. Sat, Jan 97:05 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Jan 118:20 AM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

6. Sat, Jan 16

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.

7. Mon, Jan 186:19 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Jan 1811:07 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

9. Tue, Jan 191:08 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Wed, Jan 2011:25 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

11. Fri, Jan 225:09 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Mon, Jan 2512:35 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Jan 258:18 PM

    Mars and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Jan 265:55 PM

    New Moon

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

15. Wed, Jan 271:58 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune gathered

    All within 1.1° of each other in the sky.

16. Wed, Jan 272:44 AM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Jan 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.

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