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Lunar Calendar Month January 2020 (United States)

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, District of Columbia, United States during January 2020.

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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 quarter2020-01-0223:45
full moon2020-01-1014:21
3rd quarter2020-01-1707:58
new moon2020-01-2416:42

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2020.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2020-01-0120:31404,578 km
Perigee2020-01-1315:22365,963 km
Apogee2020-01-2916:29405,389 km

Eclipses in January 2020

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during January 2020. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of United States.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
lunar eclipse2020-01-10144

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
Beehive2020-01-11 18:54
Mars2020-01-20 14:13
Jupiter2020-01-22 21:42
Venus2020-01-28 02:29

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2020.

January 2020
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 1
30Monday
 
31Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
31.7% illuminated
Age:5.6
2Thursday
 
40.7% illuminated
Age:6.5
3Friday
 
50.1% illuminated
Age:7.4
4Saturday
 
59.6% illuminated
Age:8.3
5Sunday
 
68.8% illuminated
Age:9.2
Week 2
6Monday
 
77.5% illuminated
Age:10.1
7Tuesday
 
85.3% illuminated
Age:11.1
8Wednesday
 
91.9% illuminated
Age:12.1
9Thursday
 
96.8% illuminated
Age:13.1
10Friday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age:14.1
11Saturday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age:15.2
12Sunday
 
97.4% illuminated
Age:16.3
Week 3
13Monday
 
92.4% illuminated
Age:17.4
14Tuesday
 
85% illuminated
Age:18.5
15Wednesday
 
75.7% illuminated
Age:19.6
16Thursday
 
65.2% illuminated
Age:20.7
17Friday
 
54% illuminated
Age:21.8
18Saturday
 
42.7% illuminated
Age:22.8
19Sunday
 
31.9% illuminated
Age:23.9
Week 4
20Monday
 
22.2% illuminated
Age:24.9
21Tuesday
 
14% illuminated
Age:25.9
22Wednesday
 
7.5% illuminated
Age:26.9
23Thursday
 
2.9% illuminated
Age:27.9
24Friday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age:28.9
25Saturday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:0.3
26Sunday
 
1.7% illuminated
Age:1.2
Week 5
27Monday
 
5.1% illuminated
Age:2.1
28Tuesday
 
10.1% illuminated
Age:3
29Wednesday
 
16.6% illuminated
Age:3.9
30Thursday
 
24.1% illuminated
Age:4.8
31Friday
 
32.6% illuminated
Age:5.7
1Saturday
 
2Sunday
 
3Monday
 
4Tuesday
 
5Wednesday
 
6Thursday
 
7Friday
 
8Saturday
 
9Sunday
 
10Monday
 
11Tuesday
 
12Wednesday
 
13Thursday
 
14Friday
 
15Saturday
 
16Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z