January 2013

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 83%
11. 2 75%
12. 3 66%
13. 4 Last qtr
14. 5 44%
15. 6 33%
16. 7 23%
17. 8 14%
18. 9 7%
19. 10 2%
20. 11 New
21. 12 1%
22. 13 5%
23. 14 11%
24. 15 19%
25. 16 28%
26. 17 38%
27. 18 First qtr
28. 19 57%
29. 20 66%
30. 21 75%
31. 22 82%
32. 23 89%
33. 24 94%
34. 25 98%
35. 26 Full
36. 27 100%
37. 28 97%
38. 29 93%
39. 30 87%
40. 31 80%

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

Events in January 2013

1. Fri, Jan 410:58 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Jan 66:10 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Jan 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.

4. Thu, Jan 106:31 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Jan 112:44 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Wed, Jan 168:38 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Jan 183:36 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

8. Fri, Jan 186:45 PM

   First Quarter

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

9. Mon, Jan 2110:12 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Jan 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

11. Sat, Jan 2611:39 PM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

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