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Lunar Calendar Month January 2022 (Mauritania)

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 Nouakchott, Mauritania 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 moon2022-01-0218:33
1st quarter2022-01-0918:11
full moon2022-01-1723:48
3rd quarter2022-01-2513:41

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2022-01-0123:01358,036 km
Apogee2022-01-1409:29405,804 km
Perigee2022-01-3007:10362,249 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 16:50
Jupiter2022-01-06 00:09
Pollux2022-01-17 15:37
Beehive2022-01-18 16:33
Mars2022-01-29 15:05

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
27Monday
 
28Tuesday
 
29Wednesday
 
30Thursday
 
31Friday
 
1Saturday
 
4.7% illuminated
Age:27.5
2Sunday
 
0.9% illuminated
Age:28.6
Week 1
3Monday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:0.3
4Tuesday
 
2.3% illuminated
Age:1.4
5Wednesday
 
7.1% illuminated
Age:2.5
6Thursday
 
14.1% illuminated
Age:3.6
7Friday
 
22.7% illuminated
Age:4.7
8Saturday
 
32.2% illuminated
Age:5.7
9Sunday
 
42.2% illuminated
Age:6.6
Week 2
10Monday
 
52.2% illuminated
Age:7.6
11Tuesday
 
61.8% illuminated
Age:8.5
12Wednesday
 
70.9% illuminated
Age:9.4
13Thursday
 
79.1% illuminated
Age:10.3
14Friday
 
86.2% illuminated
Age:11.2
15Saturday
 
92% illuminated
Age:12.1
16Sunday
 
96.4% illuminated
Age:13
Week 3
17Monday
 
99.1% illuminated
Age:13.9
18Tuesday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.8
19Wednesday
 
99% illuminated
Age:15.7
20Thursday
 
96.1% illuminated
Age:16.6
21Friday
 
91.3% illuminated
Age:17.6
22Saturday
 
84.7% illuminated
Age:18.5
23Sunday
 
76.5% illuminated
Age:19.5
Week 4
24Monday
 
66.9% illuminated
Age:20.5
25Tuesday
 
56.3% illuminated
Age:21.6
26Wednesday
 
45.2% illuminated
Age:22.6
27Thursday
 
34.1% illuminated
Age:23.7
28Friday
 
23.6% illuminated
Age:24.8
29Saturday
 
14.4% illuminated
Age:25.9
30Sunday
 
7% illuminated
Age:27
Week 5
31Monday
 
2.2% illuminated
Age:28.1
1Tuesday
 
2Wednesday
 
3Thursday
 
4Friday
 
5Saturday
 
6Sunday
 
7Monday
 
8Tuesday
 
9Wednesday
 
10Thursday
 
11Friday
 
12Saturday
 
13Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z