February 1974

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 65%
14. 2 75%
15. 3 85%
16. 4 92%
17. 5 97%
18. 6 Full
19. 7 99%
20. 8 96%
21. 9 90%
22. 10 82%
23. 11 73%
24. 12 63%
25. 13 Last qtr
26. 14 44%
27. 15 34%
28. 16 26%
29. 17 18%
30. 18 11%
31. 19 6%
32. 20 2%
33. 21 0%
34. 22 New
35. 23 2%
36. 24 6%
37. 25 12%
38. 26 19%
39. 27 28%
40. 28 38%

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

Events in February 1974

1. Sun, Feb 312:20 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Feb 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.

3. Wed, Feb 67:24 PM

   Full Moon Snow MoonSupermoon

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

4. Sat, Feb 94:47 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

5. Mon, Feb 114:48 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Feb 1311:59 AM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

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

7. Wed, Feb 138:04 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Fri, Feb 1512:43 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Feb 18

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

10. Tue, Feb 1912:13 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Feb 221:34 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Fri, Feb 2211:13 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Feb 2412:01 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

14. Sun, Feb 244:22 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

15. Thu, Feb 288:44 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

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