January 1999

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 Full
14. 2 99%
15. 3 97%
16. 4 92%
17. 5 85%
18. 6 77%
19. 7 68%
20. 8 59%
21. 9 Last qtr
22. 10 40%
23. 11 31%
24. 12 22%
25. 13 15%
26. 14 9%
27. 15 4%
28. 16 1%
29. 17 New
30. 18 1%
31. 19 5%
32. 20 10%
33. 21 18%
34. 22 27%
35. 23 38%
36. 24 First qtr
37. 25 60%
38. 26 71%
39. 27 81%
40. 28 89%
41. 29 95%
42. 30 99%
43. 31 Full

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

Events in January 1999

1. Fri, Jan 19:50 PM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

2. Tue, Jan 510:59 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Jan 99:22 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Sat, Jan 95:03 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Jan 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.

6. Wed, Jan 136:52 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Jan 1611:10 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Jan 1710:46 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Sun, Jan 177:19 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Jan 182:06 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Jan 182:56 PM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Tue, Jan 191:35 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Jan 217:34 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Jan 223:26 AM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

15. Sun, Jan 242:24 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Jan 242:15 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Tue, Jan 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.

18. Wed, Jan 2710:29 AM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

19. Sun, Jan 3111:07 AM

    Full Moon Wolf MoonBlue Moon

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

20. Sun, Jan 3111:17 AM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

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