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Lunar Calendar Japan 2019 › Moon Japan January 2019

Lunar Calendar Month January 2019 (Japan)

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 Tokyo, Japan during January 2019.

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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
new moon2019-01-0610:28
1st quarter2019-01-1415:45
full moon2019-01-2114:16
3rd quarter2019-01-2806:10

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2019.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2019-01-0913:30406,114 km
Perigee2019-01-2204:59357,344 km

Eclipses in January 2019

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during January 2019. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Japan.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
solar eclipse2019-01-06122
lunar eclipse2019-01-21134

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2019.

Name Peak Day
γ-Ursae Minorids2019-01-18
Quadrantids2019-01-04

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
Venus2019-01-02 06:50
Jupiter2019-01-03 16:37
Aldebaran2019-01-18 03:20
Beehive2019-01-22 00:32
Regulus2019-01-23 10:41
Jupiter2019-01-31 08:54

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2019.

January 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 1
31 Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
27% illuminated
Age: 24.4
2Wednesday
 
18.3% illuminated
Age: 25.4
3Thursday
 
11.1% illuminated
Age: 26.3
4Friday
 
5.6% illuminated
Age: 27.3
5Saturday
 
2% illuminated
Age: 28.2
6Sunday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age: 29.1
Week 2
7Monday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age: 0.5
8Tuesday
 
2.2% illuminated
Age: 1.4
9Wednesday
 
5.8% illuminated
Age: 2.3
10Thursday
 
11% illuminated
Age: 3.2
11Friday
 
17.6% illuminated
Age: 4.1
12Saturday
 
25.4% illuminated
Age: 5
13Sunday
 
34.1% illuminated
Age: 5.9
Week 3
14Monday
 
43.6% illuminated
Age: 6.8
15Tuesday
 
53.6% illuminated
Age: 7.7
16Wednesday
 
63.7% illuminated
Age: 8.7
17Thursday
 
73.5% illuminated
Age: 9.7
18Friday
 
82.7% illuminated
Age: 10.7
19Saturday
 
90.4% illuminated
Age: 11.8
20Sunday
 
96.2% illuminated
Age: 12.9
Week 4
21Monday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age: 14.1
22Tuesday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age: 15.2
23Wednesday
 
97% illuminated
Age: 16.4
24Thursday
 
91.5% illuminated
Age: 17.6
25Friday
 
83.6% illuminated
Age: 18.7
26Saturday
 
74.1% illuminated
Age: 19.8
27Sunday
 
63.7% illuminated
Age: 20.8
Week 5
28Monday
 
53% illuminated
Age: 21.9
29Tuesday
 
42.4% illuminated
Age: 22.9
30Wednesday
 
32.5% illuminated
Age: 23.8
31Thursday
 
23.5% illuminated
Age: 24.8
1 Friday
 
2 Saturday
 
3 Sunday
 
4 Monday
 
5 Tuesday
 
6 Wednesday
 
7 Thursday
 
8 Friday
 
9 Saturday
 
10 Sunday
 
11 Monday
 
12 Tuesday
 
13 Wednesday
 
14 Thursday
 
15 Friday
 
16 Saturday
 
17 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z