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Lunar Calendar Eritrea 2026 › Moon Eritrea January 2026

Lunar Calendar Month January 2026 (Eritrea)

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 Asmara, Eritrea 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 phasesDatesTime
full moon2026-01-0313:03
3rd quarter2026-01-1018:48
new moon2026-01-1822:52
1st quarter2026-01-2607:47

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2026.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2026-01-0200:45360,347 km
Apogee2026-01-1323:49405,436 km
Perigee2026-01-3000:54365,877 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 ObjectsDate and Time
Jupiter2026-01-04 01:01
Beehive2026-01-05 04:09
Regulus2026-01-06 19:20
Spica2026-01-11 02:50
Antares2026-01-14 22:28
Saturn2026-01-23 15:31
Pleiades2026-01-28 00:07
Jupiter2026-01-31 05:31

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
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 1
29 Monday
 
30 Tuesday
 
31 Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
90.7% illuminated
90.7% illuminated
Age: 11.9
2Friday
 
96.5% illuminated
96.5% illuminated
Age: 13
3Saturday
 
99.6% illuminated
99.6% illuminated
Age: 14.1
4Sunday
 
99.7% illuminated
99.7% illuminated
Age: 15.3
Week 2
5Monday
 
97.1% illuminated
97.1% illuminated
Age: 16.4
6Tuesday
 
92% illuminated
92% illuminated
Age: 17.5
7Wednesday
 
85% illuminated
85% illuminated
Age: 18.5
8Thursday
 
76.6% illuminated
76.6% illuminated
Age: 19.5
9Friday
 
67.4% illuminated
67.4% illuminated
Age: 20.5
10Saturday
 
57.7% illuminated
57.7% illuminated
Age: 21.4
11Sunday
 
48% illuminated
48% illuminated
Age: 22.3
Week 3
12Monday
 
38.6% illuminated
38.6% illuminated
Age: 23.2
13Tuesday
 
29.6% illuminated
29.6% illuminated
Age: 24.1
14Wednesday
 
21.4% illuminated
21.4% illuminated
Age: 25
15Thursday
 
14.2% illuminated
14.2% illuminated
Age: 25.9
16Friday
 
8.3% illuminated
8.3% illuminated
Age: 26.8
17Saturday
 
3.8% illuminated
3.8% illuminated
Age: 27.7
18Sunday
 
0.9% illuminated
0.9% illuminated
Age: 28.6
Week 4
19Monday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 0
20Tuesday
 
1.1% illuminated
Age: 1
21Wednesday
 
4.2% illuminated
Age: 1.9
22Thursday
 
9.5% illuminated
Age: 2.9
23Friday
 
16.6% illuminated
Age: 3.9
24Saturday
 
25.4% illuminated
Age: 5
25Sunday
 
35.5% illuminated
Age: 6
Week 5
26Monday
 
46.5% illuminated
Age: 7.1
27Tuesday
 
57.8% illuminated
Age: 8.1
28Wednesday
 
68.9% illuminated
Age: 9.2
29Thursday
 
79.1% illuminated
Age: 10.3
30Friday
 
87.8% illuminated
Age: 11.4
31Saturday
 
94.4% illuminated
Age: 12.5
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