Lunar Calendar Month January 2022 (Sint Maarten)

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 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten 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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2022-01-02	14:33
1st quarter	2022-01-09	14:11
full moon	2022-01-17	19:48
3rd quarter	2022-01-25	09:41

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Perigee	2022-01-01	19:01	358,036 km
Apogee	2022-01-14	05:29	405,804 km
Perigee	2022-01-30	03:10	362,249 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 Objects	Date and Time
Saturn	2022-01-04 12:50
Jupiter	2022-01-05 20:09
Pollux	2022-01-17 11:37
Beehive	2022-01-18 12:33
Mars	2022-01-29 11:05

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
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 52	27 Monday	28 Tuesday	29 Wednesday	30 Thursday	31 Friday	1Saturday 3.8% illuminated Age: 27.7	2Sunday 0.5% illuminated Age: 28.8
Week 1	3Monday 0.2% illuminated Age: 0.5	4Tuesday 2.9% illuminated Age: 1.6	5Wednesday 8.2% illuminated Age: 2.7	6Thursday 15.5% illuminated Age: 3.8	7Friday 24.3% illuminated Age: 4.8	8Saturday 33.9% illuminated Age: 5.8	9Sunday 43.9% illuminated Age: 6.8
Week 2	10Monday 53.8% illuminated Age: 7.7	11Tuesday 63.4% illuminated Age: 8.7	12Wednesday 72.3% illuminated Age: 9.6	13Thursday 80.3% illuminated Age: 10.4	14Friday 87.2% illuminated Age: 11.3	15Saturday 92.8% illuminated Age: 12.2	16Sunday 96.9% illuminated Age: 13.1
Week 3	17Monday 99.4% illuminated Age: 14	18Tuesday 100% illuminated Age: 14.9	19Wednesday 98.7% illuminated Age: 15.8	20Thursday 95.5% illuminated Age: 16.8	21Friday 90.3% illuminated Age: 17.7	22Saturday 83.4% illuminated Age: 18.7	23Sunday 75% illuminated Age: 19.7
Week 4	24Monday 65.2% illuminated Age: 20.7	25Tuesday 54.5% illuminated Age: 21.7	26Wednesday 43.4% illuminated Age: 22.8	27Thursday 32.3% illuminated Age: 23.8	28Friday 22% illuminated Age: 24.9	29Saturday 13% illuminated Age: 26.1	30Sunday 6% illuminated Age: 27.2
Week 5	31Monday 1.6% illuminated Age: 28.3	1 Tuesday	2 Wednesday	3 Thursday	4 Friday	5 Saturday	6 Sunday
	7 Monday	8 Tuesday	9 Wednesday	10 Thursday	11 Friday	12 Saturday	13 Sunday