Lunar Calendar Month January 2022 (Guam)

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 Hagåtña, Guam during January 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
new moon	2022-01-03	04:33
1st quarter	2022-01-10	04:11
full moon	2022-01-18	09:48
3rd quarter	2022-01-25	23:41

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Perigee	2022-01-02	09:01	358,036 km
Apogee	2022-01-14	19:29	405,804 km
Perigee	2022-01-30	17:10	362,249 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
Saturn	2022-01-05 02:50
Jupiter	2022-01-06 10:09
Pollux	2022-01-18 01:37
Beehive	2022-01-19 02:33
Mars	2022-01-30 01:05

Illumination of the Moon

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

January 2022
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 52	27Monday	28Tuesday	29Wednesday	30Thursday	31Friday	1Saturday 7.1% illuminated Age:27	2Sunday 2.1% illuminated Age:28.2
Week 1	3Monday 0% illuminated Age:29.3	4Tuesday 1% illuminated Age:0.9	5Wednesday 4.8% illuminated Age:2.1	6Thursday 11% illuminated Age:3.2	7Friday 19% illuminated Age:4.2	8Saturday 28.2% illuminated Age:5.3	9Sunday 38% illuminated Age:6.2
Week 2	10Monday 48% illuminated Age:7.2	11Tuesday 57.9% illuminated Age:8.1	12Wednesday 67.2% illuminated Age:9	13Thursday 75.8% illuminated Age:9.9	14Friday 83.3% illuminated Age:10.8	15Saturday 89.7% illuminated Age:11.7	16Sunday 94.7% illuminated Age:12.6
Week 3	17Monday 98.2% illuminated Age:13.5	18Tuesday 99.8% illuminated Age:14.4	19Wednesday 99.7% illuminated Age:15.3	20Thursday 97.6% illuminated Age:16.2	21Friday 93.5% illuminated Age:17.2	22Saturday 87.7% illuminated Age:18.1	23Sunday 80.1% illuminated Age:19.1
Week 4	24Monday 71% illuminated Age:20.1	25Tuesday 60.8% illuminated Age:21.1	26Wednesday 49.9% illuminated Age:22.2	27Thursday 38.7% illuminated Age:23.2	28Friday 27.9% illuminated Age:24.3	29Saturday 18% illuminated Age:25.4	30Sunday 9.8% illuminated Age:26.5
Week 5	31Monday 3.9% illuminated Age:27.7	1Tuesday	2Wednesday	3Thursday	4Friday	5Saturday	6Sunday
	7Monday	8Tuesday	9Wednesday	10Thursday	11Friday	12Saturday	13Sunday