January 1983

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 93%
15. 2 85%
16. 3 76%
17. 4 66%
18. 5 Last qtr
19. 6 44%
20. 7 34%
21. 8 25%
22. 9 17%
23. 10 11%
24. 11 6%
25. 12 2%
26. 13 0%
27. 14 New
28. 15 2%
29. 16 6%
30. 17 11%
31. 18 17%
32. 19 25%
33. 20 35%
34. 21 45%
35. 22 First qtr
36. 23 66%
37. 24 76%
38. 25 85%
39. 26 93%
40. 27 98%
41. 28 Full
42. 29 99%
43. 30 95%
44. 31 89%

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

Events in January 1983

1. Wed, Jan 511:00 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Fri, Jan 78:32 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Jan 71:32 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Jan 95:56 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Jan 102:29 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

6. Mon, Jan 102:57 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Jan 117:39 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jan 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

9. Fri, Jan 1412:08 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Fri, Jan 148:17 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Jan 153:05 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Jan 1510:17 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

13. Mon, Jan 171:37 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Jan 2212:34 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Fri, Jan 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.

16. Fri, Jan 285:26 PM

    Full Moon Wolf MoonSupermoon

    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.