Moon Phases Alighten Moon-Risen Skies Over Hilo, Hawaii January 2025

Summary: Moon phases alighten moon-risen skies over University Park for Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii County, Hawaii state.

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Galaxy-, moon-, planet-, star-admiring appreciations over Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii County, Hawaii state await clear skies often not aided by two area volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna Loa (from Hawaiian kīlauea, “spewing”; mauna loa, “mountain long”) in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park; "Hilo (Hawaiian Volcano)," 1886 oil on canvas by Jules Tavernier: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

First-appearing first-quarter, second-appearing full and third-appearing last-quarter moon phases alighten sun-set, moon-risen skies over University Park for Science and Technology at University of Hawaii at Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii County, Hawaii state.

‘Ianuali (“January” Hawaiianized) 2025 begins with the moon-phase transition-ending days Wednesday, January 1 through Monday, January 6 from the last-quarter moon phase Monday, December 23, 2024. The lunar phase mahina hapalua mua (from Hawaiian mahina hapa lua mua, “moon half double first”) commences as the first-quarter moon phase Tuesday, January 7, 2025. It delivers left-darkened, right-dazzled lunar-surface sides to such Northern-Hemisphere domiciles as Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii state (from Hawaiian hilo, “thread”; ha wai ‘i, “breath life-force supreme”).

The first-quarter moon phase endures through Monday, January 13, after which ensues mahina o hoku, mahina piha, mahina poepoe (“moon of star”; “moon full”; “moon round”).

Tuesday the 7th through Monday the 13th feature respectively sunny, cloudy-sunny, rainy, three-days-straight cloudy-sunny, daylong cloudy-rainy-sunny daytime skies followed perhaps by evening-, night-, early morning-overcast skies.

Tuesday the 14th through Tuesday the 21st guard as the full-moon phase mahina o hoku, mahina piha, mahina poepoe (“moon of star”; “moon full”; “moon round”). The afore-held dates herald cloudy-rainy-sunny, cloudy-sunny, cloudy, cloudy-sunny, cloudy-rainy-sunny, three-days-straight cloudy-sunny daytime skies that perhaps head into post-dusk overcast evenings and nights, pre-dawn overcast early mornings. Wednesday the 22nd through Tuesday the 28th invoke as the last-quarter moon phase mahina hapalua hope (from Hawaiian mahina hapa lua hope, “moon half double last”).

The Hilo area of Big Island, Hawaii County, Hawaii state jubilates in January 2025 moon phases that journey through moon-risen to moon-set, sunset until sun-risen skies.

January 22nd through January 28th kindle two-days-straight cloudy-sunny, cloudy-rainy-sunny, two-days-straight sunny, two-days-straight cloudy-sunny skies even as perhaps five post-dusk evenings, nights, pre-dawn mornings know overcast skies.

Post-dusk evenings and nights, pre-dawn mornings perhaps look most lighted by the January moon after sunset and moon-rise, before moon-set and sunrise January 7, 25, 26. The afore-mentioned dates manifest respective temperatures of 82, 79 and 81 degrees Fahrenheit (27.7778, 26.1111, 27.2222 degrees Celsius) daily, 66 (18.8889), 68 (20), 68 (20) nightly. January 2025 nestles its last Wednesday, Thursday, Friday into post-dusk evenings and nights, pre-dawn mornings of new moon-phased mahina hou (from Hawaiian mahina hou, “month fresh/new/recent”).

Moon phases offer as their end-month occurrence a three-day new-moon lunar phase in moon-risen skies of January 2025 over Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii County, Hawaii state.

Wednesday the 29th presents cloudy-, sunny-skied temperatures of 79 degrees Fahrenheit (26.1111 degrees Celsius) even as cloudy-rainy skies prevail Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st.

Thursday and Friday, January 30 and 31, 2025 quarter daytime, overcast-skied temperatures that quantify respectively at 82 and 79 degrees Fahrenheit (27.7778 and 26.1111 degrees Celsius). Their post-dusk evenings, their nights, their pre-dawn mornings realize Thursday and Friday temperatures that respectively reach 68 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 and 21.1111 degrees Celsius). The remaining post-dusk evenings and nights, the remaining pre-dawn mornings of the new-moon phase segue into February 2025 as Saturday the 1st through Monday the 3rd.

Moon phases transmit first-quarter silvery, full-moon orange, pink, red, white, yellow, last-quarter black, gray, white, new-moon black tinges to moon-risen skies over Hilo, Hawaii January 2025.

(east to west) Mars (Hoku'ula, "Red Star"), Jupiter (Ikalka), Venus (Hōkūloa, "Long Star" or "Great Star") and Saturn (Makulu) form a planetary quartet in the constellation-rich sky in Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum's Hawai'i Sky Tonight for January 2025: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, via Facebook Jan. 4, 2025

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Galaxy-, moon-, planet-, star-admiring appreciations over Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii County, Hawaii state await clear skies often not aided by two area volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna Loa (from Hawaiian kīlauea, “spewing”; mauna loa, “mountain long”) in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park; "Hilo (Hawaiian Volcano)," 1886 oil on canvas by Jules Tavernier: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'Hilo' by Jules Tavernier, 1886, oil.jpg

(east to west) Mars (Hoku'ula, "Red Star"), Jupiter (Ikalka), Venus (Hōkūloa, "Long Star" or "Great Star") and Saturn (Makulu) form a planetary quartet in the constellation-rich sky in Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum's Hawai'i Sky Tonight for January 2025: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, via Facebook Jan. 4, 2025, @ https://www.facebook.com/BishopMuseum/posts/pfbid0YSf3DcsvBimNKitWrREhjQ9Zzv95YAYqLxTxJBL8VfY9BQJx4mjEDsi8VHRpYANNl; via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=984873990339514&set=pb.100064507671690.-2207520000

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