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Lunar Calendar Month February 2021 (Canada)

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 Ottawa, Canada during February 2021.

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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
3rd quarter2021-02-0412:37
new moon2021-02-1114:06
1st quarter2021-02-1913:47
full moon2021-02-2703:17

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2021.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2021-02-0314:34370,126 km
Apogee2021-02-1805:23404,465 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 ObjectsDate and Time
Mars2021-02-18 17:47
Beehive2021-02-24 19:16

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 28 days of February 2021.

February 2021
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 5
1Monday
 
86.2% illuminated
Age:18.3
2Tuesday
 
77.5% illuminated
Age:19.4
3Wednesday
 
67.3% illuminated
Age:20.5
4Thursday
 
56.2% illuminated
Age:21.6
5Friday
 
44.8% illuminated
Age:22.6
6Saturday
 
33.6% illuminated
Age:23.7
7Sunday
 
23.4% illuminated
Age:24.8
Week 6
8Monday
 
14.6% illuminated
Age:25.8
9Tuesday
 
7.7% illuminated
Age:26.9
10Wednesday
 
2.9% illuminated
Age:27.9
11Thursday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age:29
12Friday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age:0.4
13Saturday
 
2.2% illuminated
Age:1.4
14Sunday
 
6.1% illuminated
Age:2.4
Week 7
15Monday
 
11.7% illuminated
Age:3.3
16Tuesday
 
18.7% illuminated
Age:4.2
17Wednesday
 
26.6% illuminated
Age:5.1
18Thursday
 
35.4% illuminated
Age:6
19Friday
 
44.6% illuminated
Age:6.9
20Saturday
 
54% illuminated
Age:7.8
21Sunday
 
63.5% illuminated
Age:8.7
Week 8
22Monday
 
72.6% illuminated
Age:9.6
23Tuesday
 
81% illuminated
Age:10.5
24Wednesday
 
88.4% illuminated
Age:11.5
25Thursday
 
94.3% illuminated
Age:12.5
26Friday
 
98.3% illuminated
Age:13.5
27Saturday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.6
28Sunday
 
99% illuminated
Age:15.7
1Monday
 
2Tuesday
 
3Wednesday
 
4Thursday
 
5Friday
 
6Saturday
 
7Sunday
 
8Monday
 
9Tuesday
 
10Wednesday
 
11Thursday
 
12Friday
 
13Saturday
 
14Sunday
 
15Monday
 
16Tuesday
 
17Wednesday
 
18Thursday
 
19Friday
 
20Saturday
 
21Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z