Lunar Calendar Month January 2026 (Papua New Guinea)

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 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea during January 2026.

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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 phases	Dates	Time
full moon	2026-01-03	20:03
3rd quarter	2026-01-11	01:48
new moon	2026-01-19	05:52
1st quarter	2026-01-26	14:47

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2026.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Perigee	2026-01-02	07:45	360,347 km
Apogee	2026-01-14	06:49	405,436 km
Perigee	2026-01-30	07:54	365,877 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 Objects	Date and Time
Jupiter	2026-01-04 08:01
Beehive	2026-01-05 11:09
Regulus	2026-01-07 02:20
Spica	2026-01-11 09:50
Antares	2026-01-15 05:28
Saturn	2026-01-23 22:31
Pleiades	2026-01-28 07:07
Jupiter	2026-01-31 12:31

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2026.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Papua New Guinea.

January 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 1	29 Monday	30 Tuesday	31 Wednesday	1Thursday 88.5% illuminated Age: 11.5	2Friday 95.1% illuminated Age: 12.7	3Saturday 99% illuminated Age: 13.8	4Sunday 100% illuminated Age: 14.9
Week 2	5Monday 98.1% illuminated Age: 16.1	6Tuesday 93.7% illuminated Age: 17.2	7Wednesday 87.2% illuminated Age: 18.2	8Thursday 79.2% illuminated Age: 19.2	9Friday 70.1% illuminated Age: 20.2	10Saturday 60.6% illuminated Age: 21.1	11Sunday 50.8% illuminated Age: 22.1
Week 3	12Monday 41.3% illuminated Age: 23	13Tuesday 32.2% illuminated Age: 23.9	14Wednesday 23.7% illuminated Age: 24.7	15Thursday 16.2% illuminated Age: 25.6	16Friday 9.8% illuminated Age: 26.5	17Saturday 4.9% illuminated Age: 27.4	18Sunday 1.6% illuminated Age: 28.3
Week 4	19Monday 0.1% illuminated Age: 29.3	20Tuesday 0.6% illuminated Age: 0.7	21Wednesday 3.1% illuminated Age: 1.7	22Thursday 7.7% illuminated Age: 2.6	23Friday 14.3% illuminated Age: 3.6	24Saturday 22.7% illuminated Age: 4.7	25Sunday 32.5% illuminated Age: 5.7
Week 5	26Monday 43.2% illuminated Age: 6.7	27Tuesday 54.5% illuminated Age: 7.8	28Wednesday 65.7% illuminated Age: 8.9	29Thursday 76.2% illuminated Age: 10	30Friday 85.4% illuminated Age: 11.1	31Saturday 92.7% illuminated Age: 12.2	1 Sunday
	2 Monday	3 Tuesday	4 Wednesday	5 Thursday	6 Friday	7 Saturday	8 Sunday
	9 Monday	10 Tuesday	11 Wednesday	12 Thursday	13 Friday	14 Saturday	15 Sunday