January 2017

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 11%
9. 2 19%
10. 3 28%
11. 4 38%
12. 5 First qtr
13. 6 60%
14. 7 71%
15. 8 81%
16. 9 89%
17. 10 95%
18. 11 99%
19. 12 Full
20. 13 98%
21. 14 94%
22. 15 87%
23. 16 80%
24. 17 71%
25. 18 62%
26. 19 Last qtr
27. 20 43%
28. 21 34%
29. 22 25%
30. 23 17%
31. 24 11%
32. 25 5%
33. 26 2%
34. 27 New
35. 28 1%
36. 29 3%
37. 30 8%
38. 31 15%

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

Events in January 2017

1. Sun, Jan 12:02 AM

   Mars and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Jan 22:59 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Jan 210:56 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Jan 211:01 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.

5. Tue, Jan 31:35 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Jan 52:47 PM

   First Quarter

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

7. Thu, Jan 511:14 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Jan 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.

9. Thu, Jan 126:34 AM

   Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

10. Thu, Jan 128:15 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

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

11. Thu, Jan 124:59 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Jan 192:26 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Jan 194:51 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

14. Thu, Jan 195:14 PM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Sat, Jan 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

16. Tue, Jan 245:38 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Jan 256:58 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Jan 277:07 PM

    New Moon

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

19. Mon, Jan 306:18 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

20. Tue, Jan 3112:36 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

21. Tue, Jan 316:54 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.

22. Tue, Jan 319:52 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

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