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Lunar Calendar Democratic Republic of the Congo 2021 › Moon Democratic Republic of the Congo January 2021

Lunar Calendar Month January 2021 (Democratic Republic Of The Congo)

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 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 phasesDatesTime
3rd quarter2021-01-0610:37
new moon2021-01-1306:00
1st quarter2021-01-2022:01
full moon2021-01-2820:16

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2021-01-0916:40367,389 km
Apogee2021-01-2114:12404,360 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 ObjectsDate and Time
Beehive2021-01-01 08:05
Venus2021-01-11 21:11
Beehive2021-01-28 15:50

Illumination of the Moon

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo is partly in the southern hemisphere. The information of the moon presented here applies to the southern hemisphere. Moon phases are different for each hemisphere.

January 2021
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 53
28 Monday
 
29 Tuesday
 
30 Wednesday
 
31 Thursday
 
1Friday
 
96.5% illuminated
Age: 16.5
2Saturday
 
91.6% illuminated
Age: 17.5
3Sunday
 
84.7% illuminated
Age: 18.5
Week 1
4Monday
 
76.1% illuminated
Age: 19.6
5Tuesday
 
66.1% illuminated
Age: 20.6
6Wednesday
 
55.1% illuminated
Age: 21.7
7Thursday
 
43.8% illuminated
Age: 22.7
8Friday
 
32.6% illuminated
Age: 23.8
9Saturday
 
22.3% illuminated
Age: 24.9
10Sunday
 
13.4% illuminated
Age: 26
Week 2
11Monday
 
6.5% illuminated
Age: 27.1
12Tuesday
 
2% illuminated
Age: 28.2
13Wednesday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 29.3
14Thursday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age: 0.8
15Friday
 
3.8% illuminated
Age: 1.8
16Saturday
 
8.8% illuminated
Age: 2.8
17Sunday
 
15.5% illuminated
Age: 3.8
Week 3
18Monday
 
23.3% illuminated
Age: 4.7
19Tuesday
 
32% illuminated
Age: 5.7
20Wednesday
 
41.2% illuminated
Age: 6.6
21Thursday
 
50.7% illuminated
Age: 7.4
22Friday
 
60% illuminated
Age: 8.3
23Saturday
 
69% illuminated
Age: 9.2
24Sunday
 
77.5% illuminated
Age: 10.1
Week 4
25Monday
 
85% illuminated
Age: 11
26Tuesday
 
91.4% illuminated
Age: 12
27Wednesday
 
96.2% illuminated
Age: 12.9
28Thursday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age: 13.9
29Friday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.9
30Saturday
 
98.4% illuminated
Age: 16
31Sunday
 
94.4% illuminated
Age: 17
1 Monday
 
2 Tuesday
 
3 Wednesday
 
4 Thursday
 
5 Friday
 
6 Saturday
 
7 Sunday
 
8 Monday
 
9 Tuesday
 
10 Wednesday
 
11 Thursday
 
12 Friday
 
13 Saturday
 
14 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z