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Lunar Calendar Japan 2020 › Moon Japan January 2020

Lunar Calendar Month January 2020 (Japan)

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 Tokyo, Japan during January 2020.

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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
1st quarter2020-01-0313:45
full moon2020-01-1104:21
3rd quarter2020-01-1721:58
new moon2020-01-2506:42

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2020.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2020-01-0210:31404,578 km
Perigee2020-01-1405:22365,963 km
Apogee2020-01-3006:29405,389 km

Eclipses in January 2020

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during January 2020. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Japan.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
lunar eclipse2020-01-11144

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2020.

Name Peak Day
γ-Ursae Minorids2020-01-19
Quadrantids2020-01-04

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
Beehive2020-01-12 08:54
Mars2020-01-21 04:13
Jupiter2020-01-23 11:42
Venus2020-01-28 16:29

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2020.

January 2020
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 1
30 Monday
 
31 Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
26.7% illuminated
Age: 5.1
2Thursday
 
35.4% illuminated
Age: 6
3Friday
 
44.6% illuminated
Age: 6.9
4Saturday
 
54.1% illuminated
Age: 7.8
5Sunday
 
63.4% illuminated
Age: 8.7
Week 2
6Monday
 
72.5% illuminated
Age: 9.6
7Tuesday
 
80.9% illuminated
Age: 10.5
8Wednesday
 
88.3% illuminated
Age: 11.5
9Thursday
 
94.2% illuminated
Age: 12.5
10Friday
 
98.2% illuminated
Age: 13.5
11Saturday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.6
12Sunday
 
99.1% illuminated
Age: 15.6
Week 3
13Monday
 
95.6% illuminated
Age: 16.7
14Tuesday
 
89.6% illuminated
Age: 17.9
15Wednesday
 
81.3% illuminated
Age: 19
16Thursday
 
71.5% illuminated
Age: 20.1
17Friday
 
60.5% illuminated
Age: 21.1
18Saturday
 
49.2% illuminated
Age: 22.2
19Sunday
 
38.1% illuminated
Age: 23.3
Week 4
20Monday
 
27.7% illuminated
Age: 24.3
21Tuesday
 
18.6% illuminated
Age: 25.3
22Wednesday
 
11% illuminated
Age: 26.3
23Thursday
 
5.3% illuminated
Age: 27.3
24Friday
 
1.7% illuminated
Age: 28.3
25Saturday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 29.3
26Sunday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age: 0.7
Week 5
27Monday
 
2.9% illuminated
Age: 1.6
28Tuesday
 
7% illuminated
Age: 2.5
29Wednesday
 
12.7% illuminated
Age: 3.4
30Thursday
 
19.6% illuminated
Age: 4.3
31Friday
 
27.6% illuminated
Age: 5.2
1 Saturday
 
2 Sunday
 
3 Monday
 
4 Tuesday
 
5 Wednesday
 
6 Thursday
 
7 Friday
 
8 Saturday
 
9 Sunday
 
10 Monday
 
11 Tuesday
 
12 Wednesday
 
13 Thursday
 
14 Friday
 
15 Saturday
 
16 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z