Lunar Calendar Month January 2019 (Svalbard And Jan Mayen)

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 Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen 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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2019-01-06	02:28
1st quarter	2019-01-14	07:45
full moon	2019-01-21	06:16
3rd quarter	2019-01-27	22:10

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2019-01-09	05:30	406,114 km
Perigee	2019-01-21	20:59	357,344 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 Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Type	Dates	Saros	Notes
solar eclipse	2019-01-06	122
lunar eclipse	2019-01-21	134

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
Venus	2019-01-01 22:50
Jupiter	2019-01-03 08:37
Aldebaran	2019-01-17 19:20
Beehive	2019-01-21 16:32
Regulus	2019-01-23 02:41
Jupiter	2019-01-31 00:54
Venus	2019-01-31 18:36

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
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 1	31Monday	1Tuesday 23.9% illuminated Age:24.7	2Wednesday 15.7% illuminated Age:25.7	3Thursday 9.1% illuminated Age:26.7	4Friday 4.2% illuminated Age:27.6	5Saturday 1.2% illuminated Age:28.5	6Sunday 0% illuminated Age:29.4
Week 2	7Monday 0.7% illuminated Age:0.8	8Tuesday 3.2% illuminated Age:1.7	9Wednesday 7.4% illuminated Age:2.6	10Thursday 13.1% illuminated Age:3.5	11Friday 20.1% illuminated Age:4.4	12Saturday 28.2% illuminated Age:5.3	13Sunday 37.2% illuminated Age:6.2
Week 3	14Monday 46.9% illuminated Age:7.1	15Tuesday 56.9% illuminated Age:8	16Wednesday 67% illuminated Age:9	17Thursday 76.7% illuminated Age:10	18Friday 85.4% illuminated Age:11.1	19Saturday 92.6% illuminated Age:12.2	20Sunday 97.6% illuminated Age:13.3
Week 4	21Monday 99.9% illuminated Age:14.5	22Tuesday 99.2% illuminated Age:15.6	23Wednesday 95.4% illuminated Age:16.8	24Thursday 89.1% illuminated Age:17.9	25Friday 80.6% illuminated Age:19.1	26Saturday 70.7% illuminated Age:20.1	27Sunday 60.1% illuminated Age:21.2
Week 5	28Monday 49.4% illuminated Age:22.2	29Tuesday 39% illuminated Age:23.2	30Wednesday 29.3% illuminated Age:24.2	31Thursday 20.7% illuminated Age:25.1	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday