January 1989

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 36%
9. 2 27%
10. 3 19%
11. 4 11%
12. 5 6%
13. 6 2%
14. 7 New
15. 8 1%
16. 9 5%
17. 10 11%
18. 11 19%
19. 12 29%
20. 13 40%
21. 14 First qtr
22. 15 63%
23. 16 73%
24. 17 82%
25. 18 89%
26. 19 95%
27. 20 98%
28. 21 Full
29. 22 99%
30. 23 97%
31. 24 93%
32. 25 87%
33. 26 80%
34. 27 72%
35. 28 63%
36. 29 Last qtr
37. 30 44%
38. 31 34%

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

Events in January 1989

1. Fri, Jan 68:06 AM

   Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.

2. Fri, Jan 611:53 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Jan 65:22 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

4. Fri, Jan 610:57 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

5. Sat, Jan 72:22 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Sun, Jan 89:47 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Mon, Jan 91:01 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Jan 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.

9. Thu, Jan 1210:21 AM

   Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.

10. Thu, Jan 1211:57 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Jan 148:58 AM

    First Quarter

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

12. Sat, Jan 142:17 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Jan 1611:23 AM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Jan 1912:23 AM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Jan 191:54 AM

    Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

16. Sat, Jan 214:34 PM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

17. Tue, Jan 247:03 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

18. Thu, Jan 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

19. Sun, Jan 299:02 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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