February 1969

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 99%
15. 2 Full
16. 3 99%
17. 4 95%
18. 5 90%
19. 6 83%
20. 7 74%
21. 8 64%
22. 9 Last qtr
23. 10 42%
24. 11 31%
25. 12 21%
26. 13 12%
27. 14 6%
28. 15 1%
29. 16 New
30. 17 1%
31. 18 5%
32. 19 11%
33. 20 18%
34. 21 27%
35. 22 36%
36. 23 First qtr
37. 24 55%
38. 25 64%
39. 26 73%
40. 27 81%
41. 28 88%

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

Events in February 1969

1. Sun, Feb 27:56 AM

   Full Moon Snow Moon

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

2. Thu, Feb 66:39 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Feb 69:51 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.

4. Thu, Feb 610:16 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Feb 97:08 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Mon, Feb 103:53 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

7. Thu, Feb 13

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.

8. Sun, Feb 1611:25 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Wed, Feb 1911:03 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Feb 2010:44 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Feb 224:51 AM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Feb 235:34 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

13. Sun, Feb 2311:30 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Tue, Feb 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.

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