February 1957

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 3%
14. 2 7%
15. 3 13%
16. 4 20%
17. 5 28%
18. 6 37%
19. 7 First qtr
20. 8 58%
21. 9 68%
22. 10 78%
23. 11 87%
24. 12 94%
25. 13 98%
26. 14 Full
27. 15 98%
28. 16 94%
29. 17 87%
30. 18 78%
31. 19 69%
32. 20 58%
33. 21 Last qtr
34. 22 38%
35. 23 29%
36. 24 21%
37. 25 14%
38. 26 8%
39. 27 4%
40. 28 1%

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

Events in February 1957

1. Sat, Feb 22:19 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

2. Wed, Feb 65:33 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Feb 76:23 PM

   First Quarter

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

4. Thu, Feb 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.

5. Thu, Feb 1411:38 AM

   Full Moon Snow MoonSupermoon

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

6. Tue, Feb 1912:29 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Feb 217:19 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Fri, Feb 224:16 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Feb 27

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

10. Thu, Feb 282:18 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

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