January 1975

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 83%
12. 2 73%
13. 3 62%
14. 4 Last qtr
15. 5 40%
16. 6 30%
17. 7 21%
18. 8 13%
19. 9 7%
20. 10 3%
21. 11 1%
22. 12 New
23. 13 2%
24. 14 5%
25. 15 10%
26. 16 16%
27. 17 23%
28. 18 32%
29. 19 41%
30. 20 First qtr
31. 21 61%
32. 22 71%
33. 23 80%
34. 24 88%
35. 25 95%
36. 26 99%
37. 27 Full
38. 28 98%
39. 29 93%
40. 30 86%
41. 31 77%

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

Events in January 1975

1. Sat, Jan 42:04 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Jan 510:17 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Jan 64:07 AM

   Saturn at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

4. Wed, Jan 89:51 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Jan 96:22 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Jan 125:20 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Mon, Jan 131:10 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

8. Wed, Jan 15

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

9. Mon, Jan 202:23 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Jan 2010:15 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Wed, Jan 226:21 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Jan 233:46 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

13. Sat, Jan 259:07 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Jan 2710:10 AM

    Full Moon Wolf MoonSupermoon

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

15. Tue, Jan 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.

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