January 1997

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 Last qtr
12. 2 44%
13. 3 34%
14. 4 25%
15. 5 16%
16. 6 9%
17. 7 3%
18. 8 New
19. 9 1%
20. 10 4%
21. 11 9%
22. 12 17%
23. 13 27%
24. 14 38%
25. 15 First qtr
26. 16 59%
27. 17 69%
28. 18 78%
29. 19 86%
30. 20 92%
31. 21 96%
32. 22 99%
33. 23 Full
34. 24 99%
35. 25 96%
36. 26 92%
37. 27 86%
38. 28 79%
39. 29 70%
40. 30 61%
41. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in January 1997

1. Wed, Jan 18:14 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

2. Wed, Jan 18:45 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Tue, Jan 711:43 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Jan 711:01 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

5. Wed, Jan 812:27 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Jan 810:14 PM

   Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

7. Wed, Jan 811:26 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Thu, Jan 96:57 AM

   Jupiter and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Jan 912:29 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Jan 912:33 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Jan 912:51 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

12. Thu, Jan 93:58 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Jan 911:00 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Jan 10

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.

15. Sun, Jan 129:29 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Jan 139:58 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Jan 153:02 PM

    First Quarter

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

18. Fri, Jan 177:38 AM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

19. Sun, Jan 198:11 AM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

20. Thu, Jan 2310:11 AM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

21. Fri, Jan 2412:00 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

22. Fri, Jan 248:52 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

23. Sat, Jan 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

24. Tue, Jan 283:27 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

25. Fri, Jan 312:40 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.