The Moon has few interesting moments in January here in northern hemisphere. The Moon and planets and constellations get close to each other in January and skywatchers have few great changes to observe these phenomena. This short article lists those interesting moments of the Moon in January 2008 in northern hemisphere. Because today is already January 15th, I only describe the remaining phenomena.

Moon phases

* January 22nd afternoon (3:30 pm in Finland) there is a full Moon

* January 30th early morning (7am in Finland) we can watch the last quarter of the Moon.

* January 20th the Moon is in its northest position

The Moon and the planets

* January 19th/20th the Moon is close to Mars at night

* January 24th/25th the Moon is close to Saturn at night

The Moon and the Stars

* January 18th the Moon is close to Pleiades at night

* January 18th/19th the Moon is close to Aldebaran at night

* January 21st/22nd the Moon is close to Pollux and Castor at night

* January 24th the Moon is close to Regulus at night

* January 29th the Moon is close to Spica at night