Lunar Calendar Month January 2026 (Canada)

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 Ottawa, Canada 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	05:03
3rd quarter	2026-01-10	10:48
new moon	2026-01-18	14:52
1st quarter	2026-01-25	23:47

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	2026-01-01	16:45	360,347 km
Apogee	2026-01-13	15:49	405,436 km
Perigee	2026-01-29	16:54	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	2026-01-03 17:01
Beehive	2026-01-04 20:09
Regulus	2026-01-06 11:20
Spica	2026-01-10 18:50
Antares	2026-01-14 14:28
Saturn	2026-01-23 07:31
Pleiades	2026-01-27 16:07
Jupiter	2026-01-30 21:31

Illumination of the Moon

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

January 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 1	29 Monday	30 Tuesday	31 Wednesday	1Thursday 92.9% illuminated Age: 12.2	2Friday 97.8% illuminated Age: 13.4	3Saturday 99.9% illuminated Age: 14.5	4Sunday 99.1% illuminated Age: 15.6
Week 2	5Monday 95.6% illuminated Age: 16.7	6Tuesday 89.8% illuminated Age: 17.8	7Wednesday 82.3% illuminated Age: 18.8	8Thursday 73.6% illuminated Age: 19.8	9Friday 64.2% illuminated Age: 20.8	10Saturday 54.5% illuminated Age: 21.7	11Sunday 44.8% illuminated Age: 22.6
Week 3	12Monday 35.5% illuminated Age: 23.5	13Tuesday 26.8% illuminated Age: 24.4	14Wednesday 18.9% illuminated Age: 25.3	15Thursday 12.1% illuminated Age: 26.2	16Friday 6.6% illuminated Age: 27.1	17Saturday 2.6% illuminated Age: 28	18Sunday 0.4% illuminated Age: 28.9
Week 4	19Monday 0.1% illuminated Age: 0.3	20Tuesday 1.9% illuminated Age: 1.3	21Wednesday 5.8% illuminated Age: 2.3	22Thursday 11.6% illuminated Age: 3.3	23Friday 19.4% illuminated Age: 4.3	24Saturday 28.6% illuminated Age: 5.3	25Sunday 39.1% illuminated Age: 6.3
Week 5	26Monday 50.3% illuminated Age: 7.4	27Tuesday 61.6% illuminated Age: 8.5	28Wednesday 72.4% illuminated Age: 9.6	29Thursday 82.2% illuminated Age: 10.7	30Friday 90.2% illuminated Age: 11.8	31Saturday 96% illuminated Age: 12.9	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