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Lunar Calendar Month January 2024 (South Africa)

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 Pretoria, South Africa during January 2024.

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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 phasesDatesTime
3rd quarter2024-01-0405:30
new moon2024-01-1113:57
1st quarter2024-01-1805:52
full moon2024-01-2519:54

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2024-01-0117:29404,910 km
Perigee2024-01-1312:36362,263 km
Apogee2024-01-2910:15405,780 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 ObjectsDate and Time
Spica2024-01-05 01:06
Antares2024-01-08 16:24
Venus2024-01-08 22:12
Saturn2024-01-14 11:31
Jupiter2024-01-18 22:40
Pleiades2024-01-20 15:25
Pollux2024-01-24 21:00
Beehive2024-01-25 22:04

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2024.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of South Africa.

January 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 1
1Monday
 
78.7% illuminated
Age: 19.3
2Tuesday
 
70.5% illuminated
Age: 20.2
3Wednesday
 
61.6% illuminated
Age: 21.1
4Thursday
 
52.2% illuminated
Age: 21.9
5Friday
 
42.6% illuminated
Age: 22.8
6Saturday
 
33% illuminated
Age: 23.8
7Sunday
 
23.9% illuminated
Age: 24.7
Week 2
8Monday
 
15.6% illuminated
Age: 25.7
9Tuesday
 
8.6% illuminated
Age: 26.7
10Wednesday
 
3.4% illuminated
Age: 27.8
11Thursday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age: 28.9
12Friday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age: 0.5
13Saturday
 
2.8% illuminated
Age: 1.6
14Sunday
 
8.2% illuminated
Age: 2.7
Week 3
15Monday
 
15.9% illuminated
Age: 3.8
16Tuesday
 
25.4% illuminated
Age: 5
17Wednesday
 
36% illuminated
Age: 6.1
18Thursday
 
47.2% illuminated
Age: 7.1
19Friday
 
58.2% illuminated
Age: 8.2
20Saturday
 
68.6% illuminated
Age: 9.2
21Sunday
 
78% illuminated
Age: 10.2
Week 4
22Monday
 
86% illuminated
Age: 11.2
23Tuesday
 
92.3% illuminated
Age: 12.1
24Wednesday
 
96.8% illuminated
Age: 13.1
25Thursday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 14
26Friday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.9
27Saturday
 
98.7% illuminated
Age: 15.8
28Sunday
 
95.7% illuminated
Age: 16.7
Week 5
29Monday
 
91.1% illuminated
Age: 17.6
30Tuesday
 
85% illuminated
Age: 18.5
31Wednesday
 
77.7% illuminated
Age: 19.4
1 Thursday
 
2 Friday
 
3 Saturday
 
4 Sunday
 
5 Monday
 
6 Tuesday
 
7 Wednesday
 
8 Thursday
 
9 Friday
 
10 Saturday
 
11 Sunday
 
12 Monday
 
13 Tuesday
 
14 Wednesday
 
15 Thursday
 
16 Friday
 
17 Saturday
 
18 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z