Lunar Calendar Month February 2020 (Jordan)

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 Amman, Jordan 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	03:42
full moon	2020-02-09	09:33
3rd quarter	2020-02-16	00:17
new moon	2020-02-23	17:32

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	2020-02-10	22:32	360,463 km
Apogee	2020-02-26	13:36	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 12:16
Mars	2020-02-18 15:18
Jupiter	2020-02-19 21:36
Saturn	2020-02-20 15:47
Venus	2020-02-27 13:51

Illumination of the Moon

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

February 2020
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	27Monday	28Tuesday	29Wednesday	30Thursday	31Friday	1Saturday 39% illuminated Age:6.3	2Sunday 48.5% illuminated Age:7.2
Week 6	3Monday 58.2% illuminated Age:8.2	4Tuesday 67.9% illuminated Age:9.1	5Wednesday 77.1% illuminated Age:10.1	6Thursday 85.4% illuminated Age:11.1	7Friday 92.3% illuminated Age:12.1	8Saturday 97.3% illuminated Age:13.2	9Sunday 99.8% illuminated Age:14.3
Week 7	10Monday 99.5% illuminated Age:15.5	11Tuesday 96.2% illuminated Age:16.6	12Wednesday 90.3% illuminated Age:17.7	13Thursday 82.1% illuminated Age:18.9	14Friday 72.3% illuminated Age:20	15Saturday 61.5% illuminated Age:21.1	16Sunday 50.4% illuminated Age:22.1
Week 8	17Monday 39.5% illuminated Age:23.1	18Tuesday 29.4% illuminated Age:24.1	19Wednesday 20.4% illuminated Age:25.1	20Thursday 12.9% illuminated Age:26.1	21Friday 6.9% illuminated Age:27	22Saturday 2.8% illuminated Age:28	23Sunday 0.5% illuminated Age:28.9
Week 9	24Monday 0.1% illuminated Age:0.3	25Tuesday 1.5% illuminated Age:1.2	26Wednesday 4.7% illuminated Age:2	27Thursday 9.4% illuminated Age:2.9	28Friday 15.6% illuminated Age:3.8	29Saturday 23.1% illuminated Age:4.7	1Sunday
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