Lunar Calendar Month January 2022 (Mauritania)

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 Nouakchott, Mauritania 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	2022-01-02	18:33
1st quarter	2022-01-09	18:11
full moon	2022-01-17	23:48
3rd quarter	2022-01-25	13:41

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	2022-01-01	23:01	358,036 km
Apogee	2022-01-14	09:29	405,804 km
Perigee	2022-01-30	07:10	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	2022-01-04 16:50
Jupiter	2022-01-06 00:09
Pollux	2022-01-17 15:37
Beehive	2022-01-18 16:33
Mars	2022-01-29 15:05

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 4.7% illuminated Age:27.5	2Sunday 0.9% illuminated Age:28.6
Week 1	3Monday 0.1% illuminated Age:0.3	4Tuesday 2.3% illuminated Age:1.4	5Wednesday 7.1% illuminated Age:2.5	6Thursday 14.1% illuminated Age:3.6	7Friday 22.7% illuminated Age:4.7	8Saturday 32.2% illuminated Age:5.7	9Sunday 42.2% illuminated Age:6.6
Week 2	10Monday 52.2% illuminated Age:7.6	11Tuesday 61.8% illuminated Age:8.5	12Wednesday 70.9% illuminated Age:9.4	13Thursday 79.1% illuminated Age:10.3	14Friday 86.2% illuminated Age:11.2	15Saturday 92% illuminated Age:12.1	16Sunday 96.4% illuminated Age:13
Week 3	17Monday 99.1% illuminated Age:13.9	18Tuesday 100% illuminated Age:14.8	19Wednesday 99% illuminated Age:15.7	20Thursday 96.1% illuminated Age:16.6	21Friday 91.3% illuminated Age:17.6	22Saturday 84.7% illuminated Age:18.5	23Sunday 76.5% illuminated Age:19.5
Week 4	24Monday 66.9% illuminated Age:20.5	25Tuesday 56.3% illuminated Age:21.6	26Wednesday 45.2% illuminated Age:22.6	27Thursday 34.1% illuminated Age:23.7	28Friday 23.6% illuminated Age:24.8	29Saturday 14.4% illuminated Age:25.9	30Sunday 7% illuminated Age:27
Week 5	31Monday 2.2% illuminated Age:28.1	1Tuesday	2Wednesday	3Thursday	4Friday	5Saturday	6Sunday
	7Monday	8Tuesday	9Wednesday	10Thursday	11Friday	12Saturday	13Sunday