First Quarter
- Rise
- 12:07 PM
- Set
- 12:11 AM
Moon Phases February 2020 in Ixtapaluca, Mexico
Ixtapaluca, México, Mexico
Daily moon phases, illumination, moonrise and moonset for Ixtapaluca, in local time (America/Mexico_City). Next full moon: Snow Moon on Sunday, February 9.
Ixtapaluca · Saturday, February 1, 2020 Today
First Quarter
- Illumination
- 47%
- Moon age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 400,485 km
- Moonrise
- 12:07 PM
- Moonset
- 12:11 AM
- Highest
- 6:32 PM
First Quarter at 7:41 PM. Next: First Quarter on Sat, Feb 1 at 7:41 PM. Snow Moon in 8 days.
At first quarter the Moon has completed a quarter of its orbit, and exactly half of the visible disc is lit: the right half in the northern hemisphere, the left in the southern.
Click any day in the calendar or pick a date above to see its details here.
February 2020 calendar
Waxing Gibbous
57%
- Rise
- 12:45 PM
- Set
- 1:01 AM
Waxing Gibbous
66%
- Rise
- 1:26 PM
- Set
- 1:53 AM
Waxing Gibbous
76%
- Rise
- 2:13 PM
- Set
- 2:48 AM
Waxing Gibbous
84%
- Rise
- 3:05 PM
- Set
- 3:45 AM
Waxing Gibbous
91%
- Rise
- 4:02 PM
- Set
- 4:44 AM
Waxing Gibbous
97%
- Rise
- 5:04 PM
- Set
- 5:42 AM
Waxing Gibbous
99%
- Rise
- 6:09 PM
- Set
- 6:39 AM
Snow Moon
- Rise
- 7:14 PM
- Set
- 7:32 AM
Waning Gibbous
97%
- Rise
- 8:18 PM
- Set
- 8:21 AM
Waning Gibbous
91%
- Rise
- 9:20 PM
- Set
- 9:08 AM
Waning Gibbous
83%
- Rise
- 10:21 PM
- Set
- 9:52 AM
Waning Gibbous
74%
- Rise
- 11:21 PM
- Set
- 10:35 AM
Waning Gibbous
63%
- Rise
- —
- Set
- 11:18 AM
Last Quarter
- Rise
- 12:21 AM
- Set
- 12:03 PM
Waning Crescent
41%
- Rise
- 1:20 AM
- Set
- 12:49 PM
Waning Crescent
31%
- Rise
- 2:18 AM
- Set
- 1:38 PM
Waning Crescent
22%
- Rise
- 3:15 AM
- Set
- 2:30 PM
Waning Crescent
14%
- Rise
- 4:10 AM
- Set
- 3:23 PM
Waning Crescent
8%
- Rise
- 5:01 AM
- Set
- 4:17 PM
Waning Crescent
3%
- Rise
- 5:48 AM
- Set
- 5:11 PM
Waning Crescent
1%
- Rise
- 6:32 AM
- Set
- 6:03 PM
New Moon
- Rise
- 7:11 AM
- Set
- 6:54 PM
Waxing Crescent
1%
- Rise
- 7:48 AM
- Set
- 7:43 PM
Waxing Crescent
4%
- Rise
- 8:23 AM
- Set
- 8:31 PM
Waxing Crescent
9%
- Rise
- 8:57 AM
- Set
- 9:18 PM
Waxing Crescent
15%
- Rise
- 9:31 AM
- Set
- 10:06 PM
Waxing Crescent
22%
- Rise
- 10:05 AM
- Set
- 10:55 PM
Waxing Crescent
30%
- Rise
- 10:42 AM
- Set
- 11:45 PM
Times are local to Ixtapaluca (America/Mexico_City). A dash means the moon does not rise or set on that date.
Moon phases in February 2020
| Phase | Local date and time | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | Sat, Feb 1 at 7:41 PM | Feb 2, 01:41 |
| Full Moon · Snow Moon | Sun, Feb 9 at 1:33 AM | Feb 9, 07:33 |
| Last Quarter | Sat, Feb 15 at 4:17 PM | Feb 15, 22:17 |
| New Moon | Sun, Feb 23 at 9:31 AM | Feb 23, 15:31 |
About the First Quarter
At first quarter the Moon has completed a quarter of its orbit, and exactly half of the visible disc is lit: the right half in the northern hemisphere, the left in the southern. It rises around midday, is highest at sunset and sets around midnight, which makes it the most convenient phase for evening observing.
Along the terminator, the line between light and dark, the low Sun casts long shadows that make craters and mountains stand out sharply in binoculars.
Lore and folklore
Half moons stood for balance and decision in many traditions: half light, half dark. Farmers' almanacs treated the first quarter as a strong growing time, good for planting crops that bear seed inside the fruit, such as beans, peppers and tomatoes.
Weather lore held that a sharp, clear half moon foretold fine weather, while a blurred one meant rain.
Trivia
- The name is about the orbit, not the appearance: a quarter of the way around, half of the face lit.
- The straight-looking terminator is a great circle seen edge-on.
- At first quarter the Moon is about 90 degrees east of the Sun, which is why it is high overhead as the Sun goes down.
- The Apollo landing sites are easiest to study near the terminator, when shadows reveal the terrain.
Select any day in the calendar to read about its phase.
This month's full moon: the Snow Moon
February typically brings the heaviest snowfall in North America, and the full moon took its name from it.
Some tribes called it the Hunger Moon because deep snow made hunting hard and stores ran low. The Storm Moon and Bone Moon appear in other traditions for the same reason.
Lore
The Snow Moon marked the hungriest stretch of the year for northern peoples, when stores ran low and hunting was hard in deep snow; the Hunger Moon name says it plainly. In Chinese tradition the first full moon of the lunar year, often in February, is the Lantern Festival that closes the New Year celebrations.
Trivia
- Because February is short, some years have no full moon in February at all; the next is 2037.
- A February Blue Moon is impossible for the same reason.
- The Snow Moon rises far to the north-east and sets far to the north-west, tracing a long, high arc.
Gardening by the Moon in February 2020
- Feb 1 · Leafy crops: Sow leafy crops and above-ground annuals whose seeds form outside the fruit: lettuce, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, celery, herbs. Transplant seedlings. Mow to encourage growth.
- Feb 2 to Feb 8 · Fruiting crops: Sow above-ground crops whose seeds form inside the fruit: beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, melons. Graft, repot and sow lawns.
- Feb 9 to Feb 15 · Root crops: Plant root crops and anything that overwinters: carrots, beets, potatoes, onions, garlic, bulbs, perennials, trees and shrubs. Prune to slow growth.
- Feb 16 to Feb 23 · Rest and tend: Rest days for the soil: weed, cultivate, turn compost, harvest crops for storage, prune to discourage regrowth, prepare beds. Avoid sowing.
- Feb 24 to Feb 29 · Leafy crops: Sow leafy crops and above-ground annuals whose seeds form outside the fruit: lettuce, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, celery, herbs. Transplant seedlings. Mow to encourage growth.
Full planting calendar for February › · How gardening by the moon works
How to read this moon calendar
Each day shows the Moon as it looks from Ixtapaluca at midday local time, with the illuminated percentage, moonrise and moonset. Days with a principal phase show the exact local time the phase occurs. Because the Moon moves about 50 minutes later each day, roughly once a month there is a date with no moonrise or no moonset at all.
The eight phases of the Moon
New Moon
The Moon sits between Earth and the Sun. Its lit side faces away from us, so it is invisible in the night sky. A new lunar month begins.
Waxing Crescent
A thin sliver grows each evening after sunset. Look low in the west shortly after dusk.
First Quarter
Half the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midday and sets around midnight, so it is high in the sky at sunset.
Waxing Gibbous
More than half lit and growing. It rises in the afternoon and shines most of the night.
Full Moon
The whole face is lit. It rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. Each full moon carries a traditional name.
Waning Gibbous
The lit portion shrinks. It rises after sunset and is still up in the morning sky.
Last Quarter
Half lit again, on the opposite side. It rises around midnight and is best seen in the early morning.
Waning Crescent
A thinning sliver before dawn in the east, fading toward the next new moon.