January 2015

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 88%
13. 2 94%
14. 3 98%
15. 4 Full
16. 5 100%
17. 6 98%
18. 7 94%
19. 8 89%
20. 9 82%
21. 10 75%
22. 11 66%
23. 12 57%
24. 13 Last qtr
25. 14 37%
26. 15 28%
27. 16 19%
28. 17 11%
29. 18 5%
30. 19 1%
31. 20 New
32. 21 2%
33. 22 7%
34. 23 14%
35. 24 23%
36. 25 34%
37. 26 First qtr
38. 27 56%
39. 28 66%
40. 29 75%
41. 30 83%
42. 31 90%

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

Events in January 2015

1. Sun, Jan 411:54 PM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

2. Thu, Jan 812:06 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Jan 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

4. Tue, Jan 134:47 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Wed, Jan 143:31 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

6. Fri, Jan 167:11 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Jan 197:17 PM

   Mars and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Jan 208:14 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Wed, Jan 2111:13 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Jan 21

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.

11. Wed, Jan 213:22 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

12. Thu, Jan 225:27 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Jan 227:45 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.

14. Thu, Jan 229:10 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Jan 256:27 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Jan 2611:49 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Fri, Jan 308:38 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

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