Moon calendar, February 2020
Tropical zodiac · geocentric, apparent positions · Swiss Ephemeris, checked against NASA JPL DE440 · void of course: last exact conjunction, sextile, square, trine or opposition to the Sun and Mercury to Pluto · times in UTC
Full Moon on 9 February at 07:33, in Leo. New Moon on 23 February at 15:32, in Pisces.
The Moon changes sign 13 times this month and is void of course before each change.
| Date | Moon sign | Phase | Void of course |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | Aries, enters Taurus at 00:27 | until 00:27 | |
| Sun 2 | Taurus | First quarter at 01:41 | |
| Mon 3 | Taurus, enters Gemini at 11:29 | 11:27 to 11:29 | |
| Tue 4 | Gemini | ||
| Wed 5 | Gemini, enters Cancer at 19:02 | 14:19 to 19:02 | |
| Thu 6 | Cancer | ||
| Fri 7 | Cancer, enters Leo at 22:44 | 15:43 to 22:44 | |
| Sat 8 | Leo | ||
| Sun 9 | Leo, enters Virgo at 23:38 | Full Moon at 07:33 | 16:08 to 23:38 |
| Mon 10 | Virgo | ||
| Tue 11 | Virgo, enters Libra at 23:37 | 18:25 to 23:37 | |
| Wed 12 | Libra | ||
| Thu 13 | Libra | from 21:40 | |
| Fri 14 | Libra, enters Scorpio at 00:37 | until 00:37 | |
| Sat 15 | Scorpio | Last quarter at 22:17 | from 22:19 |
| Sun 16 | Scorpio, enters Sagittarius at 04:06 | until 04:06 | |
| Mon 17 | Sagittarius | ||
| Tue 18 | Sagittarius, enters Capricorn at 10:36 | 09:03 to 10:36 | |
| Wed 19 | Capricorn | ||
| Thu 20 | Capricorn, enters Aquarius at 19:41 | 14:18 to 19:41 | |
| Fri 21 | Aquarius | ||
| Sat 22 | Aquarius | from 04:08 | |
| Sun 23 | Aquarius, enters Pisces at 06:37 | New Moon at 15:32 | until 06:37 |
| Mon 24 | Pisces | ||
| Tue 25 | Pisces, enters Aries at 18:47 | 14:11 to 18:47 | |
| Wed 26 | Aries | ||
| Thu 27 | Aries | ||
| Fri 28 | Aries, enters Taurus at 07:29 | 03:25 to 07:29 | |
| Sat 29 | Taurus |
Go deeper: phases, signs and void of course
Phases. New Moon is the moment the Moon passes the Sun in longitude; first quarter, full and last quarter are 90°, 180° and 270° past it. Each happens at one instant worldwide; only the clock time differs by place.
Signs. The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a half days. These are tropical signs; in a sidereal (Vedic) zodiac the Moon reaches each sign about 24° later, nearly two days after the times shown.
Void of course. From the Moon’s last exact major aspect in a sign until it enters the next sign. William Lilly, in the 17th century, counted only the Sun and the five visible planets; most modern calendars add Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, so their void periods are often shorter. Switch between the two above.