Lunar Calendar Month February 2022 (Gambia)

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 Banjul, Gambia 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	05:46
1st quarter	2022-02-08	13:50
full moon	2022-02-16	16:56
3rd quarter	2022-02-23	22:32

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	02:40	404,896 km
Perigee	2022-02-26	22:19	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	2022-02-02 21:08
Pollux	2022-02-13 22:52
Beehive	2022-02-14 23:42
Mars	2022-02-27 09:00
Mercury	2022-02-28 20:07
Saturn	2022-02-28 23:47

Illumination of the Moon

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

February 2022
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	31Monday	1Tuesday 0.1% illuminated Age:29.3	2Wednesday 0.8% illuminated Age:0.9	3Thursday 4.2% illuminated Age:1.9	4Friday 9.8% illuminated Age:3	5Saturday 17% illuminated Age:4	6Sunday 25.5% illuminated Age:5
Week 6	7Monday 34.7% illuminated Age:5.9	8Tuesday 44.3% illuminated Age:6.8	9Wednesday 53.9% illuminated Age:7.7	10Thursday 63.2% illuminated Age:8.6	11Friday 72% illuminated Age:9.5	12Saturday 80.1% illuminated Age:10.4	13Sunday 87.1% illuminated Age:11.3
Week 7	14Monday 92.8% illuminated Age:12.2	15Tuesday 97% illuminated Age:13.1	16Wednesday 99.5% illuminated Age:14.1	17Thursday 99.9% illuminated Age:15	18Friday 98.2% illuminated Age:16	19Saturday 94.4% illuminated Age:17	20Sunday 88.4% illuminated Age:18
Week 8	21Monday 80.6% illuminated Age:19.1	22Tuesday 71.1% illuminated Age:20.1	23Wednesday 60.5% illuminated Age:21.2	24Thursday 49.3% illuminated Age:22.2	25Friday 37.9% illuminated Age:23.3	26Saturday 27.1% illuminated Age:24.4	27Sunday 17.5% illuminated Age:25.5
Week 9	28Monday 9.6% illuminated Age:26.6	1Tuesday	2Wednesday	3Thursday	4Friday	5Saturday	6Sunday
	7Monday	8Tuesday	9Wednesday	10Thursday	11Friday	12Saturday	13Sunday
	14Monday	15Tuesday	16Wednesday	17Thursday	18Friday	19Saturday	20Sunday