January 1972

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 99%
15. 2 96%
16. 3 91%
17. 4 84%
18. 5 76%
19. 6 67%
20. 7 58%
21. 8 Last qtr
22. 9 39%
23. 10 30%
24. 11 22%
25. 12 14%
26. 13 8%
27. 14 3%
28. 15 1%
29. 16 New
30. 17 2%
31. 18 6%
32. 19 13%
33. 20 21%
34. 21 31%
35. 22 42%
36. 23 First qtr
37. 24 65%
38. 25 75%
39. 26 84%
40. 27 91%
41. 28 97%
42. 29 99%
43. 30 Full
44. 31 98%

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

Events in January 1972

1. Sat, Jan 19:12 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

2. Thu, Jan 63:09 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Jan 88:31 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Sat, Jan 8

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

5. Thu, Jan 1310:28 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Jan 143:19 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Jan 165:53 AM

   New Moon

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

8. Sun, Jan 166:02 AM

   Annular solar eclipse

   The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

9. Tue, Jan 1811:53 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Jan 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.

11. Sat, Jan 222:49 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Jan 234:29 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Sun, Jan 305:53 AM

    Total lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

14. Sun, Jan 305:58 AM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

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