January 2009

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 23%
13. 2 32%
14. 3 42%
15. 4 First qtr
16. 5 63%
17. 6 74%
18. 7 83%
19. 8 91%
20. 9 97%
21. 10 Full
22. 11 100%
23. 12 96%
24. 13 91%
25. 14 83%
26. 15 74%
27. 16 64%
28. 17 Last qtr
29. 18 44%
30. 19 35%
31. 20 26%
32. 21 18%
33. 22 11%
34. 23 6%
35. 24 2%
36. 25 0%
37. 26 New
38. 27 2%
39. 28 5%
40. 29 11%
41. 30 18%
42. 31 27%

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

Events in January 2009

1. Fri, Jan 28:41 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Jan 46:56 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Sun, Jan 48:54 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

4. Sat, Jan 10

   Perigee

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

5. Sat, Jan 1010:27 PM

   Full Moon Wolf MoonSupermoon

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

6. Wed, Jan 144:23 PM

   Venus at greatest elongation

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

7. Sat, Jan 179:46 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Sun, Jan 182:09 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Jan 2010:53 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

10. Thu, Jan 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

11. Thu, Jan 228:01 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Jan 2412:45 AM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

13. Sat, Jan 249:35 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Jan 254:08 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Jan 258:31 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

16. Sun, Jan 2511:36 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Jan 262:56 AM

    New Moon

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

18. Mon, Jan 262:58 AM

    Annular solar eclipse

    The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

19. Tue, Jan 271:11 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

20. Tue, Jan 2712:13 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

21. Thu, Jan 294:15 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

22. Thu, Jan 294:18 PM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

23. Fri, Jan 304:24 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

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