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Lunar Calendar Month February 2025 (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 2025.

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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 quarter2025-02-0503:02
full moon2025-02-1208:53
3rd quarter2025-02-2012:32
new moon2025-02-2719:45

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2025.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2025-02-0121:44367,456 km
Apogee2025-02-1720:12404,881 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
Venus2025-02-01 15:27
Pleiades2025-02-06 01:43
Mars2025-02-09 14:36
Pollux2025-02-10 00:19
Beehive2025-02-11 00:03
Regulus2025-02-12 18:21
Spica2025-02-17 07:01
Antares2025-02-21 03:21

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 28 days of February 2025.

February 2025
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 5
27 Monday
 
28 Tuesday
 
29 Wednesday
 
30 Thursday
 
31 Friday
 
1Saturday
 
9.2% illuminated
Age: 2.9
2Sunday
 
17% illuminated
Age: 4
Week 6
3Monday
 
26.6% illuminated
Age: 5.1
4Tuesday
 
37.3% illuminated
Age: 6.2
5Wednesday
 
48.6% illuminated
Age: 7.3
6Thursday
 
59.9% illuminated
Age: 8.3
7Friday
 
70.5% illuminated
Age: 9.4
8Saturday
 
80% illuminated
Age: 10.4
9Sunday
 
87.9% illuminated
Age: 11.4
Week 7
10Monday
 
94% illuminated
Age: 12.4
11Tuesday
 
98% illuminated
Age: 13.4
12Wednesday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 14.4
13Thursday
 
99.6% illuminated
Age: 15.4
14Friday
 
97.4% illuminated
Age: 16.3
15Saturday
 
93.4% illuminated
Age: 17.2
16Sunday
 
87.8% illuminated
Age: 18.1
Week 8
17Monday
 
80.9% illuminated
Age: 19
18Tuesday
 
73% illuminated
Age: 19.9
19Wednesday
 
64.2% illuminated
Age: 20.8
20Thursday
 
54.9% illuminated
Age: 21.7
21Friday
 
45.3% illuminated
Age: 22.6
22Saturday
 
35.7% illuminated
Age: 23.5
23Sunday
 
26.4% illuminated
Age: 24.5
Week 9
24Monday
 
17.8% illuminated
Age: 25.4
25Tuesday
 
10.3% illuminated
Age: 26.5
26Wednesday
 
4.5% illuminated
Age: 27.5
27Thursday
 
1% illuminated
Age: 28.6
28Friday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 0.2
1 Saturday
 
2 Sunday
 
3 Monday
 
4 Tuesday
 
5 Wednesday
 
6 Thursday
 
7 Friday
 
8 Saturday
 
9 Sunday
 
10 Monday
 
11 Tuesday
 
12 Wednesday
 
13 Thursday
 
14 Friday
 
15 Saturday
 
16 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z