January 1987

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 4%
13. 2 10%
14. 3 18%
15. 4 27%
16. 5 37%
17. 6 First qtr
18. 7 58%
19. 8 67%
20. 9 76%
21. 10 84%
22. 11 90%
23. 12 95%
24. 13 98%
25. 14 Full
26. 15 99%
27. 16 98%
28. 17 94%
29. 18 88%
30. 19 81%
31. 20 73%
32. 21 63%
33. 22 Last qtr
34. 23 42%
35. 24 31%
36. 25 21%
37. 26 12%
38. 27 5%
39. 28 1%
40. 29 New
41. 30 2%
42. 31 6%

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

Events in January 1987

1. Fri, Jan 210:10 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Jan 42:40 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Jan 58:05 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Jan 65:35 PM

   First Quarter

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

5. Mon, Jan 1211:49 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

6. Tue, Jan 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

7. Wed, Jan 149:31 PM

   Full Moon Wolf MoonMicromoon

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

8. Thu, Jan 153:59 PM

   Venus at greatest elongation

   47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

9. Thu, Jan 225:46 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sat, Jan 247:18 PM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Jan 2612:47 AM

    Moon, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Mon, Jan 265:20 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

13. Mon, Jan 2610:41 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Jan 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.

15. Thu, Jan 298:45 AM

    New Moon

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

16. Fri, Jan 305:41 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Jan 312:56 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Jan 314:03 PM

    Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

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