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Lunar Calendar Month February 2020 (Sint Maarten)

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 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten 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 quarter2020-02-0121:42
full moon2020-02-0903:33
3rd quarter2020-02-1518:17
new moon2020-02-2311:32

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2020-02-1016:32360,463 km
Apogee2020-02-2607:36406,276 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2020.

Name Peak Day
α-Centaurids2020-02-08

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 06:16
Mars2020-02-18 09:18
Jupiter2020-02-19 15:36
Saturn2020-02-20 09:47
Venus2020-02-27 07:51

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
27 Monday
 
28 Tuesday
 
29 Wednesday
 
30 Thursday
 
31 Friday
 
1Saturday
 
41.4% illuminated
Age: 6.6
2Sunday
 
50.9% illuminated
Age: 7.5
Week 6
3Monday
 
60.7% illuminated
Age: 8.4
4Tuesday
 
70.2% illuminated
Age: 9.3
5Wednesday
 
79.3% illuminated
Age: 10.3
6Thursday
 
87.3% illuminated
Age: 11.3
7Friday
 
93.8% illuminated
Age: 12.4
8Saturday
 
98.1% illuminated
Age: 13.5
9Sunday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.6
Week 7
10Monday
 
98.9% illuminated
Age: 15.7
11Tuesday
 
95% illuminated
Age: 16.9
12Wednesday
 
88.4% illuminated
Age: 18
13Thursday
 
79.8% illuminated
Age: 19.2
14Friday
 
69.6% illuminated
Age: 20.3
15Saturday
 
58.7% illuminated
Age: 21.3
16Sunday
 
47.6% illuminated
Age: 22.4
Week 8
17Monday
 
36.9% illuminated
Age: 23.4
18Tuesday
 
27.1% illuminated
Age: 24.4
19Wednesday
 
18.4% illuminated
Age: 25.4
20Thursday
 
11.2% illuminated
Age: 26.3
21Friday
 
5.7% illuminated
Age: 27.3
22Saturday
 
2% illuminated
Age: 28.2
23Sunday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age: 29.1
Week 9
24Monday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age: 0.5
25Tuesday
 
2.1% illuminated
Age: 1.4
26Wednesday
 
5.7% illuminated
Age: 2.3
27Thursday
 
10.9% illuminated
Age: 3.2
28Friday
 
17.4% illuminated
Age: 4
29Saturday
 
25.2% illuminated
Age: 4.9
1 Sunday
 
2 Monday
 
3 Tuesday
 
4 Wednesday
 
5 Thursday
 
6 Friday
 
7 Saturday
 
8 Sunday
 
9 Monday
 
10 Tuesday
 
11 Wednesday
 
12 Thursday
 
13 Friday
 
14 Saturday
 
15 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z