Lunar Calendar Month February 2021 (Syria)

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 Damascus, Syria 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	19:37
new moon	2021-02-11	21:06
1st quarter	2021-02-19	20:47
full moon	2021-02-27	10:17

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	21:34	370,126 km
Apogee	2021-02-18	12:23	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	2021-02-19 00:47
Beehive	2021-02-25 02:16

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 88.4% illuminated Age:18	2Tuesday 80.2% illuminated Age:19.1	3Wednesday 70.4% illuminated Age:20.2	4Thursday 59.5% illuminated Age:21.3	5Friday 48.1% illuminated Age:22.3	6Saturday 36.8% illuminated Age:23.4	7Sunday 26.3% illuminated Age:24.5
Week 6	8Monday 17% illuminated Age:25.5	9Tuesday 9.5% illuminated Age:26.6	10Wednesday 4% illuminated Age:27.6	11Thursday 0.9% illuminated Age:28.7	12Friday 0% illuminated Age:0.1	13Saturday 1.4% illuminated Age:1.1	14Sunday 4.8% illuminated Age:2.1
Week 7	15Monday 9.9% illuminated Age:3	16Tuesday 16.5% illuminated Age:3.9	17Wednesday 24.2% illuminated Age:4.8	18Thursday 32.7% illuminated Age:5.7	19Friday 41.9% illuminated Age:6.6	20Saturday 51.3% illuminated Age:7.5	21Sunday 60.7% illuminated Age:8.4
Week 8	22Monday 70% illuminated Age:9.3	23Tuesday 78.6% illuminated Age:10.2	24Wednesday 86.4% illuminated Age:11.2	25Thursday 92.8% illuminated Age:12.2	26Friday 97.4% illuminated Age:13.2	27Saturday 99.7% illuminated Age:14.3	28Sunday 99.6% illuminated Age:15.4
	1Monday	2Tuesday	3Wednesday	4Thursday	5Friday	6Saturday	7Sunday
	8Monday	9Tuesday	10Wednesday	11Thursday	12Friday	13Saturday	14Sunday
	15Monday	16Tuesday	17Wednesday	18Thursday	19Friday	20Saturday	21Sunday