January 2081

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 57%
12. 2 Last qtr
13. 3 36%
14. 4 26%
15. 5 18%
16. 6 11%
17. 7 5%
18. 8 2%
19. 9 New
20. 10 1%
21. 11 3%
22. 12 6%
23. 13 12%
24. 14 18%
25. 15 26%
26. 16 35%
27. 17 45%
28. 18 First qtr
29. 19 65%
30. 20 75%
31. 21 84%
32. 22 91%
33. 23 97%
34. 24 Full
35. 25 99%
36. 26 96%
37. 27 91%
38. 28 82%
39. 29 73%
40. 30 62%
41. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in January 2081

1. Thu, Jan 23:32 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Jan 59:50 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Jan 98:02 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Fri, Jan 108:14 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

5. Sat, Jan 111:08 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Jan 113:12 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

7. Sat, Jan 111:43 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Jan 116:32 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.

9. Sat, Jan 119:35 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Jan 125:35 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Jan 12

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

12. Tue, Jan 1412:28 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Jan 153:53 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Jan 181:29 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Thu, Jan 234:53 AM

    Neptune at opposition

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

16. Fri, Jan 248:09 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

17. Fri, Jan 249:50 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

18. Fri, Jan 2411:02 PM

    Full Moon Wolf MoonSupermoon

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

19. Sat, Jan 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.

20. Sun, Jan 264:52 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

21. Mon, Jan 273:26 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

22. Fri, Jan 313:37 PM

    Last Quarter

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

23. Fri, Jan 315:39 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

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