February 1940

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 38%
13. 2 28%
14. 3 20%
15. 4 12%
16. 5 7%
17. 6 3%
18. 7 1%
19. 8 New
20. 9 2%
21. 10 5%
22. 11 10%
23. 12 16%
24. 13 24%
25. 14 32%
26. 15 42%
27. 16 First qtr
28. 17 62%
29. 18 72%
30. 19 81%
31. 20 89%
32. 21 95%
33. 22 99%
34. 23 Full
35. 24 97%
36. 25 92%
37. 26 85%
38. 27 75%
39. 28 65%
40. 29 Last qtr

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

Events in February 1940

1. Thu, Feb 82:45 AM

   New Moon

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

2. Sat, Feb 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

3. Sun, Feb 118:31 AM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Feb 111:41 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Feb 127:05 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

6. Mon, Feb 127:32 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Feb 135:11 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, Feb 138:29 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Feb 1311:40 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Feb 153:26 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Feb 167:56 AM

    First Quarter

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

12. Tue, Feb 207:06 AM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Feb 234:56 AM

    Full Moon Snow MoonSupermoon

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

14. Fri, Feb 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.

15. Sat, Feb 242:00 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Feb 286:21 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

17. Thu, Feb 299:35 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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