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Lunar Calendar Month January 2025 (Northern Hemisphere)

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 Washington, Northern Hemisphere during January 2025.

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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 quarter2025-01-0618:56
full moon2025-01-1317:27
3rd quarter2025-01-2115:31
new moon2025-01-2907:36

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2025.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2025-01-0718:36370,171 km
Apogee2025-01-2023:56404,298 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
Venus2025-01-03 10:24
Saturn2025-01-04 12:18
Pleiades2025-01-09 20:01
Pollux2025-01-13 16:45
Mars2025-01-13 22:42
Beehive2025-01-14 16:03
Regulus2025-01-16 09:57
Spica2025-01-20 22:53
Antares2025-01-24 18:34
Saturn2025-01-31 23:46

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2025.

January 2025
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 1
30 Monday
 
31 Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
1.8% illuminated
Age: 1.3
2Thursday
 
5.9% illuminated
Age: 2.3
3Friday
 
12.2% illuminated
Age: 3.3
4Saturday
 
20.4% illuminated
Age: 4.4
5Sunday
 
30.2% illuminated
Age: 5.5
Week 2
6Monday
 
41.1% illuminated
Age: 6.5
7Tuesday
 
52.5% illuminated
Age: 7.6
8Wednesday
 
63.7% illuminated
Age: 8.7
9Thursday
 
74.3% illuminated
Age: 9.8
10Friday
 
83.6% illuminated
Age: 10.8
11Saturday
 
91.1% illuminated
Age: 11.9
12Sunday
 
96.4% illuminated
Age: 13
Week 3
13Monday
 
99.4% illuminated
Age: 14
14Tuesday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 15
15Wednesday
 
98.2% illuminated
Age: 16
16Thursday
 
94.4% illuminated
Age: 17
17Friday
 
88.9% illuminated
Age: 18
18Saturday
 
82% illuminated
Age: 18.9
19Sunday
 
74% illuminated
Age: 19.8
Week 4
20Monday
 
65.3% illuminated
Age: 20.7
21Tuesday
 
56.1% illuminated
Age: 21.6
22Wednesday
 
46.6% illuminated
Age: 22.5
23Thursday
 
37.3% illuminated
Age: 23.4
24Friday
 
28.3% illuminated
Age: 24.3
25Saturday
 
19.9% illuminated
Age: 25.2
26Sunday
 
12.5% illuminated
Age: 26.1
Week 5
27Monday
 
6.4% illuminated
Age: 27.1
28Tuesday
 
2.2% illuminated
Age: 28.1
29Wednesday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 29.2
30Thursday
 
0.6% illuminated
Age: 0.7
31Friday
 
3.6% illuminated
Age: 1.8
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