January 1988

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 95%
14. 2 98%
15. 3 Full
16. 4 99%
17. 5 97%
18. 6 94%
19. 7 89%
20. 8 82%
21. 9 74%
22. 10 65%
23. 11 56%
24. 12 Last qtr
25. 13 36%
26. 14 26%
27. 15 17%
28. 16 9%
29. 17 4%
30. 18 1%
31. 19 New
32. 20 3%
33. 21 9%
34. 22 17%
35. 23 27%
36. 24 37%
37. 25 First qtr
38. 26 58%
39. 27 68%
40. 28 77%
41. 29 85%
42. 30 91%
43. 31 96%

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

Events in January 1988

1. Sun, Jan 38:41 PM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

2. Thu, Jan 7

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.

3. Tue, Jan 122:04 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Sat, Jan 1610:52 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

5. Sun, Jan 1712:59 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Jan 1912:26 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 19

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.

8. Wed, Jan 204:45 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Jan 212:27 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Jan 246:12 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Jan 254:54 PM

    First Quarter

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

12. Tue, Jan 2612:16 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

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