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Lunar Calendar Tuvalu 2018 › Moon Tuvalu January 2018

Lunar Calendar Month January 2018 (Tuvalu)

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 Funafuti, Tuvalu during January 2018.

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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
full moon2018-01-0214:24
3rd quarter2018-01-0910:25
new moon2018-01-1714:17
1st quarter2018-01-2510:20
full moon2018-02-0101:27

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2018.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2018-01-0209:56356,565 kmMaximum perigee in 2018!
Apogee2018-01-1514:11406,459 kmMaximum apogee in 2018!
Perigee2018-01-3021:55358,994 km

Eclipses in January 2018

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during January 2018. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Tuvalu.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
lunar eclipse2018-02-01124

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2018.

NamePeak Day
γ-Ursae Minorids2018-01-18
Quadrantids2018-01-03

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
Beehive2018-01-04 07:50
Regulus2018-01-05 19:24
Jupiter2018-01-11 17:59
Saturn2018-01-15 14:13
Aldebaran2018-01-27 22:09
Beehive2018-01-31 19:19

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2018.

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

January 2018
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 1
1Monday
 
96% illuminated
Age:12.9
2Tuesday
 
99.4% illuminated
Age:14
3Wednesday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age:15.2
4Thursday
 
97.1% illuminated
Age:16.4
5Friday
 
91.7% illuminated
Age:17.5
6Saturday
 
84.1% illuminated
Age:18.6
7Sunday
 
74.9% illuminated
Age:19.7
Week 2
8Monday
 
64.9% illuminated
Age:20.7
9Tuesday
 
54.6% illuminated
Age:21.7
10Wednesday
 
44.4% illuminated
Age:22.7
11Thursday
 
34.7% illuminated
Age:23.6
12Friday
 
25.8% illuminated
Age:24.5
13Saturday
 
17.9% illuminated
Age:25.4
14Sunday
 
11.2% illuminated
Age:26.3
Week 3
15Monday
 
6% illuminated
Age:27.2
16Tuesday
 
2.3% illuminated
Age:28.1
17Wednesday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age:29
18Thursday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:0.4
19Friday
 
1.8% illuminated
Age:1.3
20Saturday
 
5.2% illuminated
Age:2.2
21Sunday
 
10.4% illuminated
Age:3.1
Week 4
22Monday
 
17.3% illuminated
Age:4
23Tuesday
 
25.6% illuminated
Age:5
24Wednesday
 
35.1% illuminated
Age:6
25Thursday
 
45.5% illuminated
Age:7
26Friday
 
56.4% illuminated
Age:8
27Saturday
 
67.3% illuminated
Age:9
28Sunday
 
77.6% illuminated
Age:10.1
Week 5
29Monday
 
86.6% illuminated
Age:11.2
30Tuesday
 
93.7% illuminated
Age:12.4
31Wednesday
 
98.3% illuminated
Age:13.5
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Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z