Lunar Calendar Month January 2024 (Virgin Islands)

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 Road Town, Virgin Islands during January 2024.

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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
3rd quarter	2024-01-03	23:30
new moon	2024-01-11	07:57
1st quarter	2024-01-17	23:52
full moon	2024-01-25	13:54

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during January 2024.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Apogee	2024-01-01	11:29	404,910 km
Perigee	2024-01-13	06:36	362,263 km
Apogee	2024-01-29	04:15	405,780 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
Spica	2024-01-04 19:06
Antares	2024-01-08 10:24
Venus	2024-01-08 16:12
Saturn	2024-01-14 05:31
Jupiter	2024-01-18 16:40
Pleiades	2024-01-20 09:25
Pollux	2024-01-24 15:00
Beehive	2024-01-25 16:04

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of January 2024.

January 2024
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 1	1Monday 76.7% illuminated Age: 19.5	2Tuesday 68.3% illuminated Age: 20.4	3Wednesday 59.2% illuminated Age: 21.3	4Thursday 49.8% illuminated Age: 22.2	5Friday 40.2% illuminated Age: 23.1	6Saturday 30.7% illuminated Age: 24	7Sunday 21.8% illuminated Age: 25
Week 2	8Monday 13.7% illuminated Age: 26	9Tuesday 7.1% illuminated Age: 27	10Wednesday 2.4% illuminated Age: 28.1	11Thursday 0.2% illuminated Age: 29.1	12Friday 0.6% illuminated Age: 0.7	13Saturday 3.9% illuminated Age: 1.9	14Sunday 9.9% illuminated Age: 3
Week 3	15Monday 18.1% illuminated Age: 4.1	16Tuesday 27.9% illuminated Age: 5.2	17Wednesday 38.8% illuminated Age: 6.3	18Thursday 50% illuminated Age: 7.4	19Friday 60.9% illuminated Age: 8.4	20Saturday 71.1% illuminated Age: 9.4	21Sunday 80.1% illuminated Age: 10.4
Week 4	22Monday 87.7% illuminated Age: 11.4	23Tuesday 93.6% illuminated Age: 12.4	24Wednesday 97.6% illuminated Age: 13.3	25Thursday 99.7% illuminated Age: 14.2	26Friday 99.8% illuminated Age: 15.1	27Saturday 98.1% illuminated Age: 16.1	28Sunday 94.7% illuminated Age: 16.9
Week 5	29Monday 89.7% illuminated Age: 17.8	30Tuesday 83.3% illuminated Age: 18.7	31Wednesday 75.7% illuminated Age: 19.6	1 Thursday	2 Friday	3 Saturday	4 Sunday
	5 Monday	6 Tuesday	7 Wednesday	8 Thursday	9 Friday	10 Saturday	11 Sunday
	12 Monday	13 Tuesday	14 Wednesday	15 Thursday	16 Friday	17 Saturday	18 Sunday