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Lunar Calendar Month February 2022 (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 2022.

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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
new moon2022-02-0101:46
1st quarter2022-02-0809:50
full moon2022-02-1612:56
3rd quarter2022-02-2318:32

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2022-02-1022:40404,896 km
Perigee2022-02-2618:19367,785 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 17:08
Pollux2022-02-13 18:52
Beehive2022-02-14 19:42
Mars2022-02-27 05:00
Mercury2022-02-28 16:07
Saturn2022-02-28 19:47

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
31 Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.5
2Wednesday
 
1.2% illuminated
Age: 1
3Thursday
 
5% illuminated
Age: 2.1
4Friday
 
10.9% illuminated
Age: 3.2
5Saturday
 
18.4% illuminated
Age: 4.2
6Sunday
 
27% illuminated
Age: 5.1
Week 6
7Monday
 
36.3% illuminated
Age: 6.1
8Tuesday
 
45.9% illuminated
Age: 7
9Wednesday
 
55.5% illuminated
Age: 7.9
10Thursday
 
64.7% illuminated
Age: 8.8
11Friday
 
73.4% illuminated
Age: 9.7
12Saturday
 
81.3% illuminated
Age: 10.6
13Sunday
 
88.1% illuminated
Age: 11.5
Week 7
14Monday
 
93.6% illuminated
Age: 12.4
15Tuesday
 
97.6% illuminated
Age: 13.3
16Wednesday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age: 14.2
17Thursday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age: 15.2
18Friday
 
97.8% illuminated
Age: 16.2
19Saturday
 
93.5% illuminated
Age: 17.2
20Sunday
 
87.3% illuminated
Age: 18.2
Week 8
21Monday
 
79.1% illuminated
Age: 19.2
22Tuesday
 
69.4% illuminated
Age: 20.3
23Wednesday
 
58.7% illuminated
Age: 21.3
24Thursday
 
47.4% illuminated
Age: 22.4
25Friday
 
36.1% illuminated
Age: 23.5
26Saturday
 
25.4% illuminated
Age: 24.6
27Sunday
 
16% illuminated
Age: 25.7
Week 9
28Monday
 
8.5% illuminated
Age: 26.8
1 Tuesday
 
2 Wednesday
 
3 Thursday
 
4 Friday
 
5 Saturday
 
6 Sunday
 
7 Monday
 
8 Tuesday
 
9 Wednesday
 
10 Thursday
 
11 Friday
 
12 Saturday
 
13 Sunday
 
14 Monday
 
15 Tuesday
 
16 Wednesday
 
17 Thursday
 
18 Friday
 
19 Saturday
 
20 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z