Lunar Calendar Month February 2025 (South Africa)

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 Pretoria, South Africa during February 2025.

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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	2025-02-05	10:02
full moon	2025-02-12	15:53
3rd quarter	2025-02-20	19:32
new moon	2025-02-28	02:45

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2025.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2025-02-02	04:44	367,456 km
Apogee	2025-02-18	03:12	404,881 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
Saturn	2025-02-01 06:46
Venus	2025-02-01 22:27
Pleiades	2025-02-06 08:43
Mars	2025-02-09 21:36
Pollux	2025-02-10 07:19
Beehive	2025-02-11 07:03
Regulus	2025-02-13 01:21
Spica	2025-02-17 14:01
Antares	2025-02-21 10:21

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 28 days of February 2025.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of South Africa.

February 2025
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	27 Monday	28 Tuesday	29 Wednesday	30 Thursday	31 Friday	1Saturday 7.3% illuminated Age: 2.6	2Sunday 14.5% illuminated Age: 3.7
Week 6	3Monday 23.6% illuminated Age: 4.8	4Tuesday 34.1% illuminated Age: 5.9	5Wednesday 45.3% illuminated Age: 6.9	6Thursday 56.6% illuminated Age: 8	7Friday 67.5% illuminated Age: 9.1	8Saturday 77.4% illuminated Age: 10.1	9Sunday 85.8% illuminated Age: 11.1
Week 7	10Monday 92.4% illuminated Age: 12.1	11Tuesday 97.1% illuminated Age: 13.1	12Wednesday 99.5% illuminated Age: 14.1	13Thursday 99.9% illuminated Age: 15.1	14Friday 98.2% illuminated Age: 16	15Saturday 94.7% illuminated Age: 16.9	16Sunday 89.6% illuminated Age: 17.9
Week 8	17Monday 83% illuminated Age: 18.8	18Tuesday 75.4% illuminated Age: 19.6	19Wednesday 66.9% illuminated Age: 20.5	20Thursday 57.7% illuminated Age: 21.4	21Friday 48.2% illuminated Age: 22.3	22Saturday 38.5% illuminated Age: 23.2	23Sunday 29.1% illuminated Age: 24.2
Week 9	24Monday 20.2% illuminated Age: 25.1	25Tuesday 12.3% illuminated Age: 26.2	26Wednesday 6% illuminated Age: 27.2	27Thursday 1.8% illuminated Age: 28.3	28Friday 0% illuminated Age: 29.4	1 Saturday	2 Sunday
	3 Monday	4 Tuesday	5 Wednesday	6 Thursday	7 Friday	8 Saturday	9 Sunday
	10 Monday	11 Tuesday	12 Wednesday	13 Thursday	14 Friday	15 Saturday	16 Sunday