January 1982

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 34%
14. 2 First qtr
15. 3 56%
16. 4 67%
17. 5 77%
18. 6 86%
19. 7 93%
20. 8 98%
21. 9 Full
22. 10 99%
23. 11 95%
24. 12 89%
25. 13 81%
26. 14 72%
27. 15 63%
28. 16 Last qtr
29. 17 43%
30. 18 34%
31. 19 25%
32. 20 18%
33. 21 11%
34. 22 6%
35. 23 2%
36. 24 New
37. 25 0%
38. 26 2%
39. 27 6%
40. 28 12%
41. 29 20%
42. 30 30%
43. 31 40%

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

Events in January 1982

1. Sat, Jan 211:46 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Jan 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.

3. Sat, Jan 92:53 PM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

4. Sat, Jan 92:55 PM

   Total lunar eclipse

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

5. Fri, Jan 153:56 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Jan 167:05 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Sat, Jan 1610:12 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Jan 166:58 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sun, Jan 176:06 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Jan 199:17 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Jan 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

12. Thu, Jan 215:02 AM

    Venus at inferior conjunction

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

13. Thu, Jan 216:31 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Jan 2411:42 PM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

15. Sun, Jan 2411:56 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Tue, Jan 2612:44 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Jan 3110:42 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

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