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Lunar Calendar Month February 2020 (Mali)

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 Bamako, Mali during February 2020.

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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
1st quarter2020-02-0201:42
full moon2020-02-0907:33
3rd quarter2020-02-1522:17
new moon2020-02-2315:32

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2020.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2020-02-1020:32360,463 km
Apogee2020-02-2611:36406,276 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
Beehive2020-02-08 10:16
Mars2020-02-18 13:18
Jupiter2020-02-19 19:36
Saturn2020-02-20 13:47
Venus2020-02-27 11:51

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 29 days of February 2020.

February 2020
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 5
27Monday
 
28Tuesday
 
29Wednesday
 
30Thursday
 
31Friday
 
1Saturday
 
39.8% illuminated
Age:6.4
2Sunday
 
49.3% illuminated
Age:7.3
Week 6
3Monday
 
59% illuminated
Age:8.2
4Tuesday
 
68.7% illuminated
Age:9.2
5Wednesday
 
77.8% illuminated
Age:10.2
6Thursday
 
86% illuminated
Age:11.2
7Friday
 
92.8% illuminated
Age:12.2
8Saturday
 
97.6% illuminated
Age:13.3
9Sunday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:14.4
Week 7
10Monday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age:15.5
11Tuesday
 
95.8% illuminated
Age:16.7
12Wednesday
 
89.7% illuminated
Age:17.8
13Thursday
 
81.3% illuminated
Age:19
14Friday
 
71.4% illuminated
Age:20.1
15Saturday
 
60.6% illuminated
Age:21.1
16Sunday
 
49.5% illuminated
Age:22.2
Week 8
17Monday
 
38.7% illuminated
Age:23.2
18Tuesday
 
28.6% illuminated
Age:24.2
19Wednesday
 
19.8% illuminated
Age:25.2
20Thursday
 
12.3% illuminated
Age:26.2
21Friday
 
6.5% illuminated
Age:27.1
22Saturday
 
2.5% illuminated
Age:28
23Sunday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age:29
Week 9
24Monday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:0.3
25Tuesday
 
1.7% illuminated
Age:1.2
26Wednesday
 
5% illuminated
Age:2.1
27Thursday
 
9.9% illuminated
Age:3
28Friday
 
16.2% illuminated
Age:3.9
29Saturday
 
23.8% illuminated
Age:4.8
1Sunday
 
2Monday
 
3Tuesday
 
4Wednesday
 
5Thursday
 
6Friday
 
7Saturday
 
8Sunday
 
9Monday
 
10Tuesday
 
11Wednesday
 
12Thursday
 
13Friday
 
14Saturday
 
15Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z