January 2021

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 93%
14. 2 87%
15. 3 78%
16. 4 69%
17. 5 58%
18. 6 Last qtr
19. 7 35%
20. 8 25%
21. 9 15%
22. 10 8%
23. 11 3%
24. 12 0%
25. 13 New
26. 14 3%
27. 15 7%
28. 16 14%
29. 17 21%
30. 18 30%
31. 19 39%
32. 20 First qtr
33. 21 58%
34. 22 67%
35. 23 76%
36. 24 83%
37. 25 90%
38. 26 95%
39. 27 99%
40. 28 Full
41. 29 99%
42. 30 95%
43. 31 90%

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

Events in January 2021

1. Wed, Jan 64:37 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sat, Jan 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.

3. Sat, Jan 910:18 PM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Jan 107:09 AM

   Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered

   All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.

5. Mon, Jan 1112:19 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Jan 113:15 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Jan 1312:00 AM

   New Moon

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

8. Wed, Jan 135:11 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Jan 135:25 PM

   Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Jan 139:55 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Jan 144:28 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Jan 174:35 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Jan 203:40 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Jan 204:02 PM

    First Quarter

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

15. Thu, Jan 213:36 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Jan 214:08 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Jan 214:49 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.

18. Thu, Jan 21

    Apogee

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

19. Sat, Jan 239:00 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

20. Sat, Jan 2310:04 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

21. Thu, Jan 282:16 PM

    Full Moon Wolf Moon

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

22. Thu, Jan 288:43 PM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

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

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