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Lunar Calendar Samoa 2022 › Moon Samoa December 2022

Lunar Calendar Month December 2022 (Samoa)

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 Apia, Samoa during December 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
full moon2022-12-0817:08
3rd quarter2022-12-1621:56
new moon2022-12-2323:17
1st quarter2022-12-3014:20

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2022-12-1213:31405,868 km
Perigee2022-12-2421:34358,269 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
Jupiter2022-12-02 13:52
Pleiades2022-12-07 08:26
Mars2022-12-08 17:21
Pollux2022-12-11 20:06
Antares2022-12-22 11:43
Venus2022-12-25 00:29
Saturn2022-12-27 05:11
Jupiter2022-12-29 23:29

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of December 2022.

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

December 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 48
28 Monday
 
29 Tuesday
 
30 Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
48.1% illuminated
Age: 7.2
2Friday
 
59.2% illuminated
Age: 8.3
3Saturday
 
69.6% illuminated
Age: 9.3
4Sunday
 
78.9% illuminated
Age: 10.3
Week 49
5Monday
 
86.7% illuminated
Age: 11.3
6Tuesday
 
92.9% illuminated
Age: 12.2
7Wednesday
 
97.2% illuminated
Age: 13.2
8Thursday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age: 14.1
9Friday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 15
10Saturday
 
98.4% illuminated
Age: 15.9
11Sunday
 
95.2% illuminated
Age: 16.8
Week 50
12Monday
 
90.3% illuminated
Age: 17.7
13Tuesday
 
84.1% illuminated
Age: 18.6
14Wednesday
 
76.6% illuminated
Age: 19.5
15Thursday
 
68.1% illuminated
Age: 20.4
16Friday
 
58.9% illuminated
Age: 21.3
17Saturday
 
49.2% illuminated
Age: 22.2
18Sunday
 
39.2% illuminated
Age: 23.2
Week 51
19Monday
 
29.4% illuminated
Age: 24.1
20Tuesday
 
20.1% illuminated
Age: 25.2
21Wednesday
 
12% illuminated
Age: 26.2
22Thursday
 
5.5% illuminated
Age: 27.3
23Friday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age: 28.4
24Saturday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 0
25Sunday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age: 1.2
Week 52
26Monday
 
6.2% illuminated
Age: 2.4
27Tuesday
 
13.2% illuminated
Age: 3.5
28Wednesday
 
22.2% illuminated
Age: 4.6
29Thursday
 
32.4% illuminated
Age: 5.7
30Friday
 
43.3% illuminated
Age: 6.7
31Saturday
 
54.1% illuminated
Age: 7.8
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
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z