Lunar Calendar Month February 2022 (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 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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2022-02-01	11:46
1st quarter	2022-02-08	19:50
full moon	2022-02-16	22:56
3rd quarter	2022-02-24	04:32

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2022-02-11	08:40	404,896 km
Perigee	2022-02-27	04:19	367,785 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 Objects	Date and Time
Jupiter	2022-02-03 03:08
Pollux	2022-02-14 04:52
Beehive	2022-02-15 05:42
Mars	2022-02-27 15:00

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 28 days of February 2022.

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 2022
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	31Monday	1Tuesday 0.3% illuminated Age:29	2Wednesday 0.4% illuminated Age:0.6	3Thursday 3.1% illuminated Age:1.7	4Friday 8.2% illuminated Age:2.7	5Saturday 15.1% illuminated Age:3.8	6Sunday 23.3% illuminated Age:4.7
Week 6	7Monday 32.4% illuminated Age:5.7	8Tuesday 41.9% illuminated Age:6.6	9Wednesday 51.5% illuminated Age:7.5	10Thursday 60.9% illuminated Age:8.4	11Friday 69.9% illuminated Age:9.3	12Saturday 78.1% illuminated Age:10.2	13Sunday 85.4% illuminated Age:11.1
Week 7	14Monday 91.5% illuminated Age:12	15Tuesday 96.1% illuminated Age:12.9	16Wednesday 99% illuminated Age:13.8	17Thursday 100% illuminated Age:14.8	18Friday 98.9% illuminated Age:15.8	19Saturday 95.6% illuminated Age:16.8	20Sunday 90.1% illuminated Age:17.8
Week 8	21Monday 82.7% illuminated Age:18.8	22Tuesday 73.6% illuminated Age:19.8	23Wednesday 63.3% illuminated Age:20.9	24Thursday 52.1% illuminated Age:21.9	25Friday 40.8% illuminated Age:23	26Saturday 29.8% illuminated Age:24.1	27Sunday 19.8% illuminated Age:25.2
Week 9	28Monday 11.4% illuminated Age:26.3	1Tuesday	2Wednesday	3Thursday	4Friday	5Saturday	6Sunday
	7Monday	8Tuesday	9Wednesday	10Thursday	11Friday	12Saturday	13Sunday
	14Monday	15Tuesday	16Wednesday	17Thursday	18Friday	19Saturday	20Sunday