January 2001

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 38%
10. 2 First qtr
11. 3 58%
12. 4 68%
13. 5 78%
14. 6 86%
15. 7 93%
16. 8 98%
17. 9 Full
18. 10 99%
19. 11 95%
20. 12 88%
21. 13 79%
22. 14 69%
23. 15 59%
24. 16 Last qtr
25. 17 38%
26. 18 28%
27. 19 20%
28. 20 13%
29. 21 7%
30. 22 3%
31. 23 1%
32. 24 New
33. 25 1%
34. 26 4%
35. 27 9%
36. 28 15%
37. 29 23%
38. 30 31%
39. 31 41%

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

Events in January 2001

1. Tue, Jan 25:32 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Jan 59:09 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Jan 69:43 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.

4. Sat, Jan 69:44 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Jan 93:20 PM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

6. Tue, Jan 93:24 PM

   Full Moon Wolf MoonSupermoon

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

7. Wed, Jan 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.

8. Sat, Jan 138:12 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jan 167:35 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Wed, Jan 171:07 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

11. Wed, Jan 175:20 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Jan 222:31 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Jan 248:07 AM

    New Moon

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

14. Wed, Jan 2411:21 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Jan 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

16. Thu, Jan 253:20 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Jan 255:10 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

18. Thu, Jan 2511:00 PM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

19. Fri, Jan 2612:28 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

20. Sun, Jan 288:40 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° 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.