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Lunar Calendar Canada 2022 › Moon Canada January 2022

Lunar Calendar Month January 2022 (Canada)

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 Ottawa, Canada during January 2022.

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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
new moon2022-01-0213:33
1st quarter2022-01-0913:11
full moon2022-01-1718:48
3rd quarter2022-01-2508:41

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2022.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2022-01-0118:01358,036 km
Apogee2022-01-1404:29405,804 km
Perigee2022-01-3002:10362,249 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
Saturn2022-01-04 11:50
Jupiter2022-01-05 19:09
Pollux2022-01-17 10:37
Beehive2022-01-18 11:33
Mars2022-01-29 10:05

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2022.

January 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 52
27 Monday
 
28 Tuesday
 
29 Wednesday
 
30 Thursday
 
31 Friday
 
1Saturday
 
3.7% illuminated
Age: 27.7
2Sunday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age: 28.9
Week 1
3Monday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age: 0.5
4Tuesday
 
3.1% illuminated
Age: 1.7
5Wednesday
 
8.4% illuminated
Age: 2.8
6Thursday
 
15.8% illuminated
Age: 3.8
7Friday
 
24.6% illuminated
Age: 4.9
8Saturday
 
34.3% illuminated
Age: 5.9
9Sunday
 
44.3% illuminated
Age: 6.8
Week 2
10Monday
 
54.2% illuminated
Age: 7.8
11Tuesday
 
63.8% illuminated
Age: 8.7
12Wednesday
 
72.6% illuminated
Age: 9.6
13Thursday
 
80.6% illuminated
Age: 10.5
14Friday
 
87.5% illuminated
Age: 11.4
15Saturday
 
93% illuminated
Age: 12.3
16Sunday
 
97.1% illuminated
Age: 13.2
Week 3
17Monday
 
99.4% illuminated
Age: 14.1
18Tuesday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 15
19Wednesday
 
98.6% illuminated
Age: 15.9
20Thursday
 
95.3% illuminated
Age: 16.8
21Friday
 
90.1% illuminated
Age: 17.8
22Saturday
 
83.1% illuminated
Age: 18.7
23Sunday
 
74.6% illuminated
Age: 19.7
Week 4
24Monday
 
64.8% illuminated
Age: 20.7
25Tuesday
 
54% illuminated
Age: 21.8
26Wednesday
 
42.9% illuminated
Age: 22.8
27Thursday
 
31.9% illuminated
Age: 23.9
28Friday
 
21.6% illuminated
Age: 25
29Saturday
 
12.7% illuminated
Age: 26.1
30Sunday
 
5.8% illuminated
Age: 27.2
Week 5
31Monday
 
1.5% illuminated
Age: 28.4
1 Tuesday
 
2 Wednesday
 
3 Thursday
 
4 Friday
 
5 Saturday
 
6 Sunday
 
7 Monday
 
8 Tuesday
 
9 Wednesday
 
10 Thursday
 
11 Friday
 
12 Saturday
 
13 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z