January 1977

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 87%
15. 2 93%
16. 3 97%
17. 4 99%
18. 5 Full
19. 6 98%
20. 7 95%
21. 8 89%
22. 9 82%
23. 10 73%
24. 11 63%
25. 12 Last qtr
26. 13 40%
27. 14 29%
28. 15 19%
29. 16 11%
30. 17 5%
31. 18 1%
32. 19 New
33. 20 2%
34. 21 6%
35. 22 11%
36. 23 19%
37. 24 27%
38. 25 36%
39. 26 45%
40. 27 First qtr
41. 28 64%
42. 29 73%
43. 30 81%
44. 31 88%

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

Events in January 1977

1. Wed, Jan 57:11 AM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

2. Thu, Jan 63:01 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

3. Wed, Jan 1211:11 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Jan 122:55 PM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Thu, Jan 1310:58 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Jan 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.

7. Sun, Jan 167:28 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Jan 177:51 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Jan 1710:46 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Jan 199:11 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Sun, Jan 233:45 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Jan 247:42 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

13. Thu, Jan 2712:12 AM

    First Quarter

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

14. Fri, Jan 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

15. Fri, Jan 285:16 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Jan 287:12 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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