February 1966

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 79%
11. 2 88%
12. 3 94%
13. 4 98%
14. 5 Full
15. 6 98%
16. 7 94%
17. 8 86%
18. 9 78%
19. 10 68%
20. 11 57%
21. 12 Last qtr
22. 13 37%
23. 14 27%
24. 15 19%
25. 16 12%
26. 17 7%
27. 18 3%
28. 19 1%
29. 20 New
30. 21 2%
31. 22 5%
32. 23 9%
33. 24 16%
34. 25 24%
35. 26 33%
36. 27 43%
37. 28 First qtr

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

Events in February 1966

1. Tue, Feb 16:26 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Feb 510:58 AM

   Full Moon Snow MoonSupermoon

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

3. Sat, Feb 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.

4. Sat, Feb 59:37 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

5. Mon, Feb 71:46 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Feb 121:56 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Feb 123:53 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Sat, Feb 19

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.

9. Sun, Feb 205:49 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Mon, Feb 219:21 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Feb 2111:40 AM

    Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.

12. Mon, Feb 212:53 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Feb 212:58 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Feb 214:18 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Feb 2211:03 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered

    All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.

16. Wed, Feb 231:26 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Feb 2412:30 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Feb 2610:25 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.

19. Mon, Feb 285:15 AM

    First Quarter

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

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