Lunar Calendar Month February 2024 (São Tomé And Príncipe)

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 São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe during February 2024.

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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
3rd quarter	2024-02-02	23:18
new moon	2024-02-09	22:59
1st quarter	2024-02-16	15:01
full moon	2024-02-24	12:30

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2024.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2024-02-10	18:51	358,087 km
Apogee	2024-02-25	15:01	406,314 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
Spica	2024-02-01 07:04
Antares	2024-02-05 00:15
Venus	2024-02-07 18:52
Mars	2024-02-08 06:30
Jupiter	2024-02-15 08:15
Pleiades	2024-02-16 19:13
Pollux	2024-02-21 00:54
Beehive	2024-02-22 02:13
Spica	2024-02-28 13:41

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 29 days of February 2024.

São Tomé and Príncipe is partly in the northern hemisphere. The information of the moon presented here applies to the southern hemisphere. Moon phases are different for each hemisphere.

February 2024
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	29 Monday	30 Tuesday	31 Wednesday	1Thursday 68.6% illuminated Age: 20.4	2Friday 59.3% illuminated Age: 21.3	3Saturday 49.6% illuminated Age: 22.2	4Sunday 39.6% illuminated Age: 23.1
Week 6	5Monday 29.7% illuminated Age: 24.1	6Tuesday 20.4% illuminated Age: 25.1	7Wednesday 12.1% illuminated Age: 26.2	8Thursday 5.6% illuminated Age: 27.3	9Friday 1.4% illuminated Age: 28.4	10Saturday 0% illuminated Age: 0	11Sunday 1.6% illuminated Age: 1.2
Week 7	12Monday 6.1% illuminated Age: 2.4	13Tuesday 13.2% illuminated Age: 3.5	14Wednesday 22.2% illuminated Age: 4.6	15Thursday 32.4% illuminated Age: 5.7	16Friday 43.2% illuminated Age: 6.7	17Saturday 54% illuminated Age: 7.8	18Sunday 64.3% illuminated Age: 8.7
Week 8	19Monday 73.7% illuminated Age: 9.7	20Tuesday 82% illuminated Age: 10.6	21Wednesday 88.9% illuminated Age: 11.6	22Thursday 94.2% illuminated Age: 12.5	23Friday 97.9% illuminated Age: 13.4	24Saturday 99.7% illuminated Age: 14.3	25Sunday 99.8% illuminated Age: 15.2
Week 9	26Monday 98.1% illuminated Age: 16.1	27Tuesday 94.6% illuminated Age: 17	28Wednesday 89.6% illuminated Age: 17.9	29Thursday 83% illuminated Age: 18.8	1 Friday	2 Saturday	3 Sunday
	4 Monday	5 Tuesday	6 Wednesday	7 Thursday	8 Friday	9 Saturday	10 Sunday
	11 Monday	12 Tuesday	13 Wednesday	14 Thursday	15 Friday	16 Saturday	17 Sunday