Lunar Calendar Month July 2022 (French Polynesia)

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 Papeete, French Polynesia during July 2022.

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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	2022-07-06	16:14
full moon	2022-07-13	08:38
3rd quarter	2022-07-20	04:18
new moon	2022-07-28	07:55

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during July 2022.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2022-07-12	23:09	357,263 km	Maximum perigee in 2022!
Apogee	2022-07-26	00:23	406,274 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
Beehive	2022-07-01 03:21
Antares	2022-07-10 13:50
Saturn	2022-07-15 10:16
Jupiter	2022-07-18 14:55
Mars	2022-07-21 06:46
Pleiades	2022-07-22 17:29
Venus	2022-07-26 04:12

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of July 2022.

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

July 2022
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 26	27Monday	28Tuesday	29Wednesday	30Thursday	1Friday 4.8% illuminated Age:2.1	2Saturday 9.7% illuminated Age:3	3Sunday 16.1% illuminated Age:3.9
Week 27	4Monday 24% illuminated Age:4.8	5Tuesday 33% illuminated Age:5.8	6Wednesday 42.9% illuminated Age:6.7	7Thursday 53.4% illuminated Age:7.7	8Friday 64.1% illuminated Age:8.7	9Saturday 74.5% illuminated Age:9.8	10Sunday 83.9% illuminated Age:10.9
Week 28	11Monday 91.7% illuminated Age:12	12Tuesday 97.2% illuminated Age:13.2	13Wednesday 99.8% illuminated Age:14.4	14Thursday 99.3% illuminated Age:15.5	15Friday 95.9% illuminated Age:16.7	16Saturday 89.8% illuminated Age:17.8	17Sunday 81.8% illuminated Age:18.9
Week 29	18Monday 72.4% illuminated Age:20	19Tuesday 62.3% illuminated Age:21	20Wednesday 52% illuminated Age:22	21Thursday 41.9% illuminated Age:22.9	22Friday 32.4% illuminated Age:23.8	23Saturday 23.7% illuminated Age:24.8	24Sunday 16.1% illuminated Age:25.7
Week 30	25Monday 9.7% illuminated Age:26.5	26Tuesday 4.9% illuminated Age:27.4	27Wednesday 1.6% illuminated Age:28.3	28Thursday 0.1% illuminated Age:29.2	29Friday 0.4% illuminated Age:0.6	30Saturday 2.6% illuminated Age:1.5	31Sunday 6.7% illuminated Age:2.5
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	8Monday	9Tuesday	10Wednesday	11Thursday	12Friday	13Saturday	14Sunday