Lunar Calendar Month February 2019 (Spain)

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 Madrid, Spain during February 2019.

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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
new moon	2019-02-04	22:03
1st quarter	2019-02-12	23:26
full moon	2019-02-19	16:53
3rd quarter	2019-02-26	12:28

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during February 2019.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2019-02-05	10:28	406,555 km	Maximum apogee in 2019!
Perigee	2019-02-19	10:07	356,761 km	Maximum perigee in 2019!

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	2019-02-02 08:18
Aldebaran	2019-02-14 04:29
Beehive	2019-02-18 04:05
Regulus	2019-02-19 14:08
Jupiter	2019-02-27 15:17

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 28 days of February 2019.

February 2019
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	31Thursday	1Friday 13.4% illuminated Age:26	2Saturday 7.5% illuminated Age:26.9	3Sunday 3.3% illuminated Age:27.8
Week 6	4Monday 0.8% illuminated Age:28.7	5Tuesday 0% illuminated Age:0.1	6Wednesday 1.1% illuminated Age:1	7Thursday 3.8% illuminated Age:1.9	8Friday 8.3% illuminated Age:2.7	9Saturday 14.3% illuminated Age:3.7	10Sunday 21.8% illuminated Age:4.6
Week 7	11Monday 30.4% illuminated Age:5.5	12Tuesday 40% illuminated Age:6.4	13Wednesday 50.3% illuminated Age:7.4	14Thursday 60.9% illuminated Age:8.4	15Friday 71.3% illuminated Age:9.5	16Saturday 81% illuminated Age:10.5	17Sunday 89.4% illuminated Age:11.6
Week 8	18Monday 95.6% illuminated Age:12.8	19Tuesday 99.3% illuminated Age:14	20Wednesday 99.9% illuminated Age:15.1	21Thursday 97.4% illuminated Age:16.3	22Friday 92.2% illuminated Age:17.4	23Saturday 84.8% illuminated Age:18.5	24Sunday 75.8% illuminated Age:19.6
Week 9	25Monday 65.9% illuminated Age:20.6	26Tuesday 55.6% illuminated Age:21.6	27Wednesday 45.4% illuminated Age:22.6	28Thursday 35.7% illuminated Age:23.5	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday