Lunar Calendar Month January 2020 (Dominican Republic)

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 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 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 phases	Dates	Time
1st quarter	2020-01-03	00:45
full moon	2020-01-10	15:21
3rd quarter	2020-01-17	08:58
new moon	2020-01-24	17:42

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Apogee	2020-01-01	21:31	404,578 km
Perigee	2020-01-13	16:22	365,963 km
Apogee	2020-01-29	17:29	405,389 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 Dominican Republic.

Type	Dates	Saros	Notes
lunar eclipse	2020-01-10	144

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
Beehive	2020-01-11 19:54
Mars	2020-01-20 15:13
Jupiter	2020-01-22 22:42
Venus	2020-01-28 03:29

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
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 1	30Monday	31Tuesday	1Wednesday 31.3% illuminated Age:5.6	2Thursday 40.4% illuminated Age:6.5	3Friday 49.7% illuminated Age:7.4	4Saturday 59.2% illuminated Age:8.2	5Sunday 68.4% illuminated Age:9.2
Week 2	6Monday 77.1% illuminated Age:10.1	7Tuesday 85% illuminated Age:11	8Wednesday 91.7% illuminated Age:12	9Thursday 96.6% illuminated Age:13	10Friday 99.5% illuminated Age:14.1	11Saturday 99.8% illuminated Age:15.1	12Sunday 97.6% illuminated Age:16.2
Week 3	13Monday 92.6% illuminated Age:17.3	14Tuesday 85.4% illuminated Age:18.5	15Wednesday 76.2% illuminated Age:19.6	16Thursday 65.6% illuminated Age:20.7	17Friday 54.4% illuminated Age:21.7	18Saturday 43.1% illuminated Age:22.8	19Sunday 32.4% illuminated Age:23.8
Week 4	20Monday 22.6% illuminated Age:24.9	21Tuesday 14.3% illuminated Age:25.9	22Wednesday 7.7% illuminated Age:26.9	23Thursday 3.1% illuminated Age:27.9	24Friday 0.5% illuminated Age:28.8	25Saturday 0.1% illuminated Age:0.3	26Sunday 1.6% illuminated Age:1.2
Week 5	27Monday 4.9% illuminated Age:2.1	28Tuesday 9.9% illuminated Age:3	29Wednesday 16.3% illuminated Age:3.9	30Thursday 23.8% illuminated Age:4.8	31Friday 32.3% illuminated Age:5.7	1Saturday	2Sunday
	3Monday	4Tuesday	5Wednesday	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday	9Sunday
	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday	16Sunday