Sign In

Lunar Calendar Month February 2022 (Ireland)

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 Dublin, Ireland during February 2022.

Choose a country from the list to get relevant information:

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
new moon2022-02-0105:46
1st quarter2022-02-0813:50
full moon2022-02-1616:56
3rd quarter2022-02-2322:32

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2022.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2022-02-1102:40404,896 km
Perigee2022-02-2622:19367,785 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
Jupiter2022-02-02 21:08
Pollux2022-02-13 22:52
Beehive2022-02-14 23:42
Mars2022-02-27 09:00
Mercury2022-02-28 20:07
Saturn2022-02-28 23:47

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 28 days of February 2022.

February 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 5
31Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:29.3
2Wednesday
 
0.8% illuminated
Age:0.9
3Thursday
 
4.2% illuminated
Age:1.9
4Friday
 
9.8% illuminated
Age:3
5Saturday
 
17% illuminated
Age:4
6Sunday
 
25.5% illuminated
Age:5
Week 6
7Monday
 
34.7% illuminated
Age:5.9
8Tuesday
 
44.3% illuminated
Age:6.8
9Wednesday
 
53.9% illuminated
Age:7.7
10Thursday
 
63.2% illuminated
Age:8.6
11Friday
 
72% illuminated
Age:9.5
12Saturday
 
80.1% illuminated
Age:10.4
13Sunday
 
87.1% illuminated
Age:11.3
Week 7
14Monday
 
92.8% illuminated
Age:12.2
15Tuesday
 
97% illuminated
Age:13.1
16Wednesday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age:14.1
17Thursday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:15
18Friday
 
98.2% illuminated
Age:16
19Saturday
 
94.4% illuminated
Age:17
20Sunday
 
88.4% illuminated
Age:18
Week 8
21Monday
 
80.6% illuminated
Age:19.1
22Tuesday
 
71.1% illuminated
Age:20.1
23Wednesday
 
60.5% illuminated
Age:21.2
24Thursday
 
49.3% illuminated
Age:22.2
25Friday
 
37.9% illuminated
Age:23.3
26Saturday
 
27.1% illuminated
Age:24.4
27Sunday
 
17.5% illuminated
Age:25.5
Week 9
28Monday
 
9.6% illuminated
Age:26.6
1Tuesday
 
2Wednesday
 
3Thursday
 
4Friday
 
5Saturday
 
6Sunday
 
7Monday
 
8Tuesday
 
9Wednesday
 
10Thursday
 
11Friday
 
12Saturday
 
13Sunday
 
14Monday
 
15Tuesday
 
16Wednesday
 
17Thursday
 
18Friday
 
19Saturday
 
20Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z