January 1981

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 20%
13. 2 13%
14. 3 7%
15. 4 3%
16. 5 0%
17. 6 New
18. 7 2%
19. 8 6%
20. 9 13%
21. 10 21%
22. 11 31%
23. 12 42%
24. 13 First qtr
25. 14 65%
26. 15 75%
27. 16 84%
28. 17 92%
29. 18 97%
30. 19 100%
31. 20 Full
32. 21 98%
33. 22 94%
34. 23 88%
35. 24 81%
36. 25 73%
37. 26 64%
38. 27 Last qtr
39. 28 45%
40. 29 36%
41. 30 27%
42. 31 19%

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

Events in January 1981

1. Fri, Jan 27:42 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Jan 44:16 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Jan 44:41 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.

4. Sun, Jan 47:43 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Jan 53:48 PM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Jan 62:24 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Tue, Jan 69:54 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Jan 73:27 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jan 135:10 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Wed, Jan 14

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.

11. Tue, Jan 202:39 AM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

12. Tue, Jan 202:49 AM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

13. Fri, Jan 237:34 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Jan 252:03 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Jan 253:04 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.

16. Sun, Jan 253:21 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Jan 27

    Apogee

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

18. Tue, Jan 2711:19 PM

    Last Quarter

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

19. Thu, Jan 296:22 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

20. Sat, Jan 316:17 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

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