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Lunar Calendar Month February 2019 (United States)

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 Washington, District of Columbia, United States during February 2019.

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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 moon2019-02-0416:03
1st quarter2019-02-1217:26
full moon2019-02-1910:53
3rd quarter2019-02-2606:28

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2019.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2019-02-0504:28406,555 kmMaximum apogee in 2019!
Perigee2019-02-1904:07356,761 kmMaximum perigee in 2019!

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
Saturn2019-02-02 02:18
Aldebaran2019-02-13 22:29
Beehive2019-02-17 22:05
Regulus2019-02-19 08:08
Jupiter2019-02-27 09:17

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 28 days of February 2019.

February 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 5
28Monday
 
29Tuesday
 
30Wednesday
 
31Thursday
 
1Friday
 
11.8% illuminated
Age:26.2
2Saturday
 
6.3% illuminated
Age:27.1
3Sunday
 
2.5% illuminated
Age:28
Week 6
4Monday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age:28.9
5Tuesday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:0.3
6Wednesday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age:1.2
7Thursday
 
4.8% illuminated
Age:2.1
8Friday
 
9.7% illuminated
Age:3
9Saturday
 
16.1% illuminated
Age:3.9
10Sunday
 
23.8% illuminated
Age:4.8
Week 7
11Monday
 
32.7% illuminated
Age:5.7
12Tuesday
 
42.5% illuminated
Age:6.7
13Wednesday
 
52.9% illuminated
Age:7.7
14Thursday
 
63.5% illuminated
Age:8.7
15Friday
 
73.8% illuminated
Age:9.7
16Saturday
 
83.3% illuminated
Age:10.8
17Sunday
 
91.2% illuminated
Age:11.9
Week 8
18Monday
 
96.8% illuminated
Age:13.1
19Tuesday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age:14.2
20Wednesday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age:15.4
21Thursday
 
96.4% illuminated
Age:16.6
22Friday
 
90.5% illuminated
Age:17.7
23Saturday
 
82.7% illuminated
Age:18.8
24Sunday
 
73.4% illuminated
Age:19.9
Week 9
25Monday
 
63.3% illuminated
Age:20.9
26Tuesday
 
53% illuminated
Age:21.9
27Wednesday
 
42.9% illuminated
Age:22.8
28Thursday
 
33.3% illuminated
Age:23.7
1Friday
 
2Saturday
 
3Sunday
 
4Monday
 
5Tuesday
 
6Wednesday
 
7Thursday
 
8Friday
 
9Saturday
 
10Sunday
 
11Monday
 
12Tuesday
 
13Wednesday
 
14Thursday
 
15Friday
 
16Saturday
 
17Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z