Lunar Calendar Month February 2020 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

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 Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory 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 phases	Dates	Time
1st quarter	2020-02-02	07:42
full moon	2020-02-09	13:33
3rd quarter	2020-02-16	04:17
new moon	2020-02-23	21:32

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2020-02-11	02:32	360,463 km
Apogee	2020-02-26	17:36	406,276 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 Objects	Date and Time
Beehive	2020-02-08 16:16
Mars	2020-02-18 19:18
Jupiter	2020-02-20 01:36
Saturn	2020-02-20 19:47
Venus	2020-02-27 17:51

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 29 days of February 2020.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of British Indian Ocean Territory.

February 2020
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	27Monday	28Tuesday	29Wednesday	30Thursday	31Friday	1Saturday 37.5% illuminated Age:6.2	2Sunday 46.9% illuminated Age:7.1
Week 6	3Monday 56.6% illuminated Age:8	4Tuesday 66.3% illuminated Age:8.9	5Wednesday 75.6% illuminated Age:9.9	6Thursday 84.1% illuminated Age:10.9	7Friday 91.3% illuminated Age:11.9	8Saturday 96.6% illuminated Age:13	9Sunday 99.5% illuminated Age:14.1
Week 7	10Monday 99.7% illuminated Age:15.3	11Tuesday 97% illuminated Age:16.4	12Wednesday 91.5% illuminated Age:17.6	13Thursday 83.6% illuminated Age:18.7	14Friday 74% illuminated Age:19.8	15Saturday 63.3% illuminated Age:20.9	16Sunday 52.2% illuminated Age:21.9
Week 8	17Monday 41.3% illuminated Age:23	18Tuesday 31.1% illuminated Age:24	19Wednesday 21.9% illuminated Age:25	20Thursday 14% illuminated Age:25.9	21Friday 7.8% illuminated Age:26.9	22Saturday 3.3% illuminated Age:27.8	23Sunday 0.7% illuminated Age:28.7
Week 9	24Monday 0% illuminated Age:0.1	25Tuesday 1.1% illuminated Age:1	26Wednesday 4% illuminated Age:1.9	27Thursday 8.5% illuminated Age:2.8	28Friday 14.5% illuminated Age:3.7	29Saturday 21.8% illuminated Age:4.6	1Sunday
	2Monday	3Tuesday	4Wednesday	5Thursday	6Friday	7Saturday	8Sunday
	9Monday	10Tuesday	11Wednesday	12Thursday	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday