January 2016

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 55%
14. 2 Last qtr
15. 3 36%
16. 4 28%
17. 5 19%
18. 6 12%
19. 7 6%
20. 8 2%
21. 9 New
22. 10 1%
23. 11 3%
24. 12 9%
25. 13 16%
26. 14 25%
27. 15 36%
28. 16 First qtr
29. 17 58%
30. 18 69%
31. 19 79%
32. 20 87%
33. 21 94%
34. 22 98%
35. 23 Full
36. 24 99%
37. 25 97%
38. 26 93%
39. 27 87%
40. 28 80%
41. 29 72%
42. 30 64%
43. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in January 2016

1. Sat, Jan 212:31 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sat, Jan 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

3. Sun, Jan 32:50 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Jan 67:54 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Jan 610:44 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

6. Thu, Jan 712:27 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Jan 811:11 PM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Jan 98:31 PM

   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 1012:40 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Jan 138:17 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Jan 148:59 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

12. Thu, Jan 14

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.

13. Sat, Jan 162:14 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Jan 166:26 PM

    First Quarter

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

15. Sat, Jan 238:46 PM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

16. Wed, Jan 277:10 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Jan 30

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

18. Sun, Jan 3110:28 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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