Lunar Calendar Month January 2021 (Liberia)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Monrovia, Liberia during January 2021.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phases	Dates	Time
3rd quarter	2021-01-06	09:37
new moon	2021-01-13	05:00
1st quarter	2021-01-20	21:01
full moon	2021-01-28	19:16

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2021.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2021-01-09	15:40	367,389 km
Apogee	2021-01-21	13:12	404,360 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical Objects	Date and Time
Beehive	2021-01-01 07:05
Venus	2021-01-11 20:11
Beehive	2021-01-28 14:50

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2021.

January 2021
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 53	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	31Thursday	1Friday 96.4% illuminated Age:16.6	2Saturday 91.4% illuminated Age:17.6	3Sunday 84.4% illuminated Age:18.6
Week 1	4Monday 75.7% illuminated Age:19.6	5Tuesday 65.6% illuminated Age:20.7	6Wednesday 54.6% illuminated Age:21.7	7Thursday 43.3% illuminated Age:22.8	8Friday 32.2% illuminated Age:23.9	9Saturday 21.9% illuminated Age:25	10Sunday 13.1% illuminated Age:26.1
Week 2	11Monday 6.3% illuminated Age:27.2	12Tuesday 1.9% illuminated Age:28.2	13Wednesday 0% illuminated Age:29.3	14Thursday 0.8% illuminated Age:0.8	15Friday 3.9% illuminated Age:1.9	16Saturday 9.1% illuminated Age:2.9	17Sunday 15.8% illuminated Age:3.8
Week 3	18Monday 23.7% illuminated Age:4.8	19Tuesday 32.4% illuminated Age:5.7	20Wednesday 41.6% illuminated Age:6.6	21Thursday 51.1% illuminated Age:7.5	22Friday 60.4% illuminated Age:8.4	23Saturday 69.4% illuminated Age:9.3	24Sunday 77.8% illuminated Age:10.2
Week 4	25Monday 85.3% illuminated Age:11.1	26Tuesday 91.6% illuminated Age:12	27Wednesday 96.4% illuminated Age:13	28Thursday 99.3% illuminated Age:14	29Friday 100% illuminated Age:15	30Saturday 98.3% illuminated Age:16	31Sunday 94.2% illuminated Age:17.1
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