Lunar Calendar Month February 2020 (Sint Maarten)

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 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten 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	2020-02-01	21:42
full moon	2020-02-09	03:33
3rd quarter	2020-02-15	18:17
new moon	2020-02-23	11:32

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	16:32	360,463 km
Apogee	2020-02-26	07:36	406,276 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2020.

Name	Peak Day
α-Centaurids	2020-02-08

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 06:16
Mars	2020-02-18 09:18
Jupiter	2020-02-19 15:36
Saturn	2020-02-20 09:47
Venus	2020-02-27 07:51

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	27 Monday	28 Tuesday	29 Wednesday	30 Thursday	31 Friday	1Saturday 41.4% illuminated Age: 6.6	2Sunday 50.9% illuminated Age: 7.5
Week 6	3Monday 60.7% illuminated Age: 8.4	4Tuesday 70.2% illuminated Age: 9.3	5Wednesday 79.3% illuminated Age: 10.3	6Thursday 87.3% illuminated Age: 11.3	7Friday 93.8% illuminated Age: 12.4	8Saturday 98.1% illuminated Age: 13.5	9Sunday 100% illuminated Age: 14.6
Week 7	10Monday 98.9% illuminated Age: 15.7	11Tuesday 95% illuminated Age: 16.9	12Wednesday 88.4% illuminated Age: 18	13Thursday 79.8% illuminated Age: 19.2	14Friday 69.6% illuminated Age: 20.3	15Saturday 58.7% illuminated Age: 21.3	16Sunday 47.6% illuminated Age: 22.4
Week 8	17Monday 36.9% illuminated Age: 23.4	18Tuesday 27.1% illuminated Age: 24.4	19Wednesday 18.4% illuminated Age: 25.4	20Thursday 11.2% illuminated Age: 26.3	21Friday 5.7% illuminated Age: 27.3	22Saturday 2% illuminated Age: 28.2	23Sunday 0.2% illuminated Age: 29.1
Week 9	24Monday 0.3% illuminated Age: 0.5	25Tuesday 2.1% illuminated Age: 1.4	26Wednesday 5.7% illuminated Age: 2.3	27Thursday 10.9% illuminated Age: 3.2	28Friday 17.4% illuminated Age: 4	29Saturday 25.2% illuminated Age: 4.9	1 Sunday
	2 Monday	3 Tuesday	4 Wednesday	5 Thursday	6 Friday	7 Saturday	8 Sunday
	9 Monday	10 Tuesday	11 Wednesday	12 Thursday	13 Friday	14 Saturday	15 Sunday