February 1955

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 67%
11. 2 77%
12. 3 86%
13. 4 93%
14. 5 98%
15. 6 Full
16. 7 99%
17. 8 97%
18. 9 92%
19. 10 86%
20. 11 78%
21. 12 70%
22. 13 61%
23. 14 Last qtr
24. 15 42%
25. 16 33%
26. 17 24%
27. 18 16%
28. 19 10%
29. 20 4%
30. 21 1%
31. 22 New
32. 23 2%
33. 24 5%
34. 25 12%
35. 26 20%
36. 27 30%
37. 28 41%

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

Events in February 1955

1. Wed, Feb 2

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.

2. Sat, Feb 51:19 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Feb 53:28 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.

4. Sat, Feb 55:37 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Feb 68:43 PM

   Full Moon Snow Moon

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

6. Sat, Feb 122:04 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

7. Mon, Feb 142:40 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Mon, Feb 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

9. Fri, Feb 184:16 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Feb 212:54 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Feb 2210:54 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Sat, Feb 2612:06 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Feb 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.

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