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Lunar Calendar Northern Hemisphere 2023 › Moon Northern Hemisphere February 2023

Lunar Calendar Month February 2023 (Northern Hemisphere)

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, Northern Hemisphere during February 2023.

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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
full moon2023-02-0513:28
3rd quarter2023-02-1311:01
new moon2023-02-2002:06
1st quarter2023-02-2703:05

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2023.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2023-02-0403:57406,475 km
Perigee2023-02-1904:07358,266 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
Pollux2023-02-03 14:47
Beehive2023-02-04 16:32
Antares2023-02-14 13:09
Venus2023-02-22 02:57
Jupiter2023-02-22 16:58
Pleiades2023-02-26 09:42
Mars2023-02-27 23:32

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 28 days of February 2023.

February 2023
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 5
30 Monday
 
31 Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
82.3% illuminated
Age: 10.7
2Thursday
 
89% illuminated
Age: 11.6
3Friday
 
94.2% illuminated
Age: 12.5
4Saturday
 
97.8% illuminated
Age: 13.4
5Sunday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age: 14.3
Week 6
6Monday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age: 15.2
7Tuesday
 
98.2% illuminated
Age: 16
8Wednesday
 
94.7% illuminated
Age: 17
9Thursday
 
89.5% illuminated
Age: 17.9
10Friday
 
82.7% illuminated
Age: 18.8
11Saturday
 
74.5% illuminated
Age: 19.7
12Sunday
 
65.1% illuminated
Age: 20.7
Week 7
13Monday
 
54.8% illuminated
Age: 21.7
14Tuesday
 
44% illuminated
Age: 22.7
15Wednesday
 
33.2% illuminated
Age: 23.8
16Thursday
 
22.9% illuminated
Age: 24.8
17Friday
 
13.8% illuminated
Age: 26
18Saturday
 
6.5% illuminated
Age: 27.1
19Sunday
 
1.8% illuminated
Age: 28.3
Week 8
20Monday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.4
21Tuesday
 
1.2% illuminated
Age: 1
22Wednesday
 
5.2% illuminated
Age: 2.2
23Thursday
 
11.5% illuminated
Age: 3.3
24Friday
 
19.6% illuminated
Age: 4.3
25Saturday
 
28.8% illuminated
Age: 5.3
26Sunday
 
38.7% illuminated
Age: 6.3
Week 9
27Monday
 
48.6% illuminated
Age: 7.3
28Tuesday
 
58.4% illuminated
Age: 8.2
1 Wednesday
 
2 Thursday
 
3 Friday
 
4 Saturday
 
5 Sunday
 
6 Monday
 
7 Tuesday
 
8 Wednesday
 
9 Thursday
 
10 Friday
 
11 Saturday
 
12 Sunday
 
13 Monday
 
14 Tuesday
 
15 Wednesday
 
16 Thursday
 
17 Friday
 
18 Saturday
 
19 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z