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2022 began with the Moon in the New Moon phase or New Moon. Thus, on January 2, with the satellite located between the Earth and the Sun, its visibility was practically zero. Yet yesterday, Monday January 10, coinciding with the return to the classrooms of the smallest and the office of many adults, the Moon reached the phase of Crescent quarter after changing position with respect to our planet and the Sun, its right half being only partially illuminated.
The next January 17 the first Full moon of the year will light up the night sky. This phase, also known as Plenilunio, occurs when the Earth is located between the Sun and the Moon and marks the middle of the lunar month, which is equivalent to 29.53 solar days.
Finally the January 24th the Moon will reach its phase of Last quarter and, as the days go by, it will be less and less visible until on February 1 its New Moon phase begins again. And start over.
In this calendar You can check the days when the Moon will reach its different phases.
Moon phases
From the Earth we do not see our salétile, the Moon, always in the same way, but its visibility changes.
The lunar phases are produced by the interaction between the movements of the Sun, Moon and Earth. Thus, in a terrestrial year, the Moon makes a total of 13 tours around our planet.
The satellite makes a turn around the Earth in 28 days, approximately, but as the Earth advances in its solar path, at 28 days it is necessary to add approximately a day and a half so that the same phase is repeated between the Sun, the Earth and the moon.
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