February 1929

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 Last qtr
14. 2 40%
15. 3 31%
16. 4 22%
17. 5 15%
18. 6 9%
19. 7 4%
20. 8 1%
21. 9 New
22. 10 1%
23. 11 4%
24. 12 9%
25. 13 17%
26. 14 25%
27. 15 36%
28. 16 First qtr
29. 17 58%
30. 18 69%
31. 19 79%
32. 20 88%
33. 21 94%
34. 22 98%
35. 23 Full
36. 24 99%
37. 25 95%
38. 26 90%
39. 27 83%
40. 28 75%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in February 1929

1. Fri, Feb 19:10 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

2. Mon, Feb 4

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

3. Tue, Feb 54:47 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Feb 610:35 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

   Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

5. Thu, Feb 712:29 AM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Feb 71:07 PM

   Venus at greatest elongation

   47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

7. Sat, Feb 912:55 PM

   New Moon

   The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

8. Tue, Feb 1210:43 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Feb 133:29 AM

   Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

10. Fri, Feb 153:10 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Feb 167:22 PM

    First Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

12. Mon, Feb 183:22 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Feb 1810:10 PM

    Neptune at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

14. Wed, Feb 20

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.

15. Sat, Feb 235:46 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Feb 231:59 PM

    Full Moon Snow Moon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.