Lunar Calendar Month January 2018 (Fiji)

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 Sava, Fiji during January 2018.

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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	2018-01-02	15:24
3rd quarter	2018-01-09	11:25
new moon	2018-01-17	15:17
1st quarter	2018-01-25	10:20
full moon	2018-02-01	01:27

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2018.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2018-01-02	10:56	356,565 km	Maximum perigee in 2018!
Apogee	2018-01-15	15:11	406,459 km	Maximum apogee in 2018!
Perigee	2018-01-30	21:55	358,994 km

Eclipses in January 2018

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during January 2018. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Fiji.

Type	Dates	Saros	Notes
lunar eclipse	2018-02-01	124

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2018.

Name	Peak Day
γ-Ursae Minorids	2018-01-18
Quadrantids	2018-01-03

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	2018-01-04 08:50
Regulus	2018-01-05 20:24
Jupiter	2018-01-11 18:59
Saturn	2018-01-15 15:13
Aldebaran	2018-01-27 22:09
Beehive	2018-01-31 19:19

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2018.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Fiji.

January 2018
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 1	1Monday 95.8% illuminated Age:12.8	2Tuesday 99.3% illuminated Age:14	3Wednesday 99.8% illuminated Age:15.2	4Thursday 97.2% illuminated Age:16.3	5Friday 91.9% illuminated Age:17.5	6Saturday 84.4% illuminated Age:18.6	7Sunday 75.3% illuminated Age:19.7
Week 2	8Monday 65.3% illuminated Age:20.7	9Tuesday 55% illuminated Age:21.7	10Wednesday 44.8% illuminated Age:22.6	11Thursday 35.1% illuminated Age:23.6	12Friday 26.1% illuminated Age:24.5	13Saturday 18.2% illuminated Age:25.4	14Sunday 11.5% illuminated Age:26.3
Week 3	15Monday 6.2% illuminated Age:27.2	16Tuesday 2.4% illuminated Age:28.1	17Wednesday 0.4% illuminated Age:29	18Thursday 0.1% illuminated Age:0.3	19Friday 1.7% illuminated Age:1.2	20Saturday 5% illuminated Age:2.1	21Sunday 10.2% illuminated Age:3.1
Week 3	22Monday 17.3% illuminated Age:4	23Tuesday 25.6% illuminated Age:5	24Wednesday 35.1% illuminated Age:6	25Thursday 45.5% illuminated Age:7	26Friday 56.4% illuminated Age:8	27Saturday 67.3% illuminated Age:9	28Sunday 77.6% illuminated Age:10.1
Week 5	29Monday 86.6% illuminated Age:11.2	30Tuesday 93.7% illuminated Age:12.4	31Wednesday 98.3% illuminated Age:13.5	1Thursday	2Friday	3Saturday	4Sunday
	5Monday	6Tuesday	7Wednesday	8Thursday	9Friday	10Saturday	11Sunday
	12Monday	13Tuesday	14Wednesday	15Thursday	16Friday	17Saturday	18Sunday