Lunar Calendar Month February 2021 (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 2021.

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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	2021-02-04	13:37
new moon	2021-02-11	15:06
1st quarter	2021-02-19	14:47
full moon	2021-02-27	04:17

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2021.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2021-02-03	15:34	370,126 km
Apogee	2021-02-18	06:23	404,465 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
Mars	2021-02-18 18:47
Beehive	2021-02-24 20:16

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 28 days of February 2021.

February 2021
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	1Monday 86.6% illuminated Age: 18.3	2Tuesday 77.9% illuminated Age: 19.4	3Wednesday 67.7% illuminated Age: 20.4	4Thursday 56.6% illuminated Age: 21.5	5Friday 45.2% illuminated Age: 22.6	6Saturday 34.1% illuminated Age: 23.7	7Sunday 23.8% illuminated Age: 24.7
Week 6	8Monday 14.9% illuminated Age: 25.8	9Tuesday 7.9% illuminated Age: 26.9	10Wednesday 3% illuminated Age: 27.9	11Thursday 0.4% illuminated Age: 28.9	12Friday 0.2% illuminated Age: 0.4	13Saturday 2.1% illuminated Age: 1.4	14Sunday 5.9% illuminated Age: 2.3
Week 7	15Monday 11.5% illuminated Age: 3.2	16Tuesday 18.3% illuminated Age: 4.2	17Wednesday 26.3% illuminated Age: 5.1	18Thursday 35% illuminated Age: 5.9	19Friday 44.2% illuminated Age: 6.8	20Saturday 53.6% illuminated Age: 7.7	21Sunday 63.1% illuminated Age: 8.6
Week 8	22Monday 72.2% illuminated Age: 9.5	23Tuesday 80.7% illuminated Age: 10.5	24Wednesday 88.1% illuminated Age: 11.5	25Thursday 94.1% illuminated Age: 12.5	26Friday 98.2% illuminated Age: 13.5	27Saturday 100% illuminated Age: 14.6	28Sunday 99.1% illuminated Age: 15.7
	1 Monday	2 Tuesday	3 Wednesday	4 Thursday	5 Friday	6 Saturday	7 Sunday
	8 Monday	9 Tuesday	10 Wednesday	11 Thursday	12 Friday	13 Saturday	14 Sunday
	15 Monday	16 Tuesday	17 Wednesday	18 Thursday	19 Friday	20 Saturday	21 Sunday