January 2078

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 88%
15. 2 81%
16. 3 73%
17. 4 64%
18. 5 55%
19. 6 Last qtr
20. 7 36%
21. 8 27%
22. 9 19%
23. 10 12%
24. 11 6%
25. 12 2%
26. 13 New
27. 14 1%
28. 15 4%
29. 16 9%
30. 17 17%
31. 18 26%
32. 19 36%
33. 20 First qtr
34. 21 59%
35. 22 70%
36. 23 79%
37. 24 88%
38. 25 94%
39. 26 98%
40. 27 Full
41. 28 99%
42. 29 97%
43. 30 93%
44. 31 87%

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

Events in January 2078

1. Sun, Jan 22:36 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Jan 39:46 AM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

3. Thu, Jan 612:05 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Thu, Jan 6

   Apogee

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

5. Thu, Jan 61:58 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Jan 104:43 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Jan 128:14 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Jan 1312:42 AM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

9. Thu, Jan 132:36 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.

10. Thu, Jan 133:26 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Jan 136:51 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Jan 138:14 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Sat, Jan 153:17 PM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Jan 1610:33 PM

    Neptune at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

15. Tue, Jan 18

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.

16. Thu, Jan 204:59 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Fri, Jan 215:49 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, Jan 238:55 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.

19. Wed, Jan 2611:40 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Jan 278:34 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.