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Lunar Calendar Month February 2024 (Sri Lanka)

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 Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, Sri Lanka during February 2024.

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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 quarter2024-02-0304:48
new moon2024-02-1004:29
1st quarter2024-02-1620:31
full moon2024-02-2418:00

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2024-02-1100:21358,087 km
Apogee2024-02-2520:31406,314 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
Spica2024-02-01 12:34
Antares2024-02-05 05:45
Venus2024-02-08 00:22
Mars2024-02-08 12:00
Jupiter2024-02-15 13:45
Pleiades2024-02-17 00:43
Pollux2024-02-21 06:24
Beehive2024-02-22 07:43
Spica2024-02-28 19:11

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 29 days of February 2024.

February 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 5
29 Monday
 
30 Tuesday
 
31 Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
70.6% illuminated
Age: 20.2
2Friday
 
61.5% illuminated
Age: 21.1
3Saturday
 
51.9% illuminated
Age: 22
4Sunday
 
41.9% illuminated
Age: 22.9
Week 6
5Monday
 
31.9% illuminated
Age: 23.9
6Tuesday
 
22.4% illuminated
Age: 24.9
7Wednesday
 
13.9% illuminated
Age: 25.9
8Thursday
 
6.9% illuminated
Age: 27
9Friday
 
2.1% illuminated
Age: 28.1
10Saturday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age: 29.3
11Sunday
 
1% illuminated
Age: 0.9
Week 7
12Monday
 
4.9% illuminated
Age: 2.1
13Tuesday
 
11.4% illuminated
Age: 3.2
14Wednesday
 
20% illuminated
Age: 4.4
15Thursday
 
30% illuminated
Age: 5.4
16Friday
 
40.7% illuminated
Age: 6.5
17Saturday
 
51.5% illuminated
Age: 7.5
18Sunday
 
62% illuminated
Age: 8.5
Week 8
19Monday
 
71.7% illuminated
Age: 9.5
20Tuesday
 
80.2% illuminated
Age: 10.4
21Wednesday
 
87.5% illuminated
Age: 11.4
22Thursday
 
93.2% illuminated
Age: 12.3
23Friday
 
97.2% illuminated
Age: 13.2
24Saturday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age: 14.1
25Sunday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 15
Week 9
26Monday
 
98.6% illuminated
Age: 15.9
27Tuesday
 
95.6% illuminated
Age: 16.8
28Wednesday
 
90.9% illuminated
Age: 17.7
29Thursday
 
84.7% illuminated
Age: 18.5
1 Friday
 
2 Saturday
 
3 Sunday
 
4 Monday
 
5 Tuesday
 
6 Wednesday
 
7 Thursday
 
8 Friday
 
9 Saturday
 
10 Sunday
 
11 Monday
 
12 Tuesday
 
13 Wednesday
 
14 Thursday
 
15 Friday
 
16 Saturday
 
17 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z