February 1977

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 93%
11. 2 97%
12. 3 Full
13. 4 100%
14. 5 97%
15. 6 92%
16. 7 85%
17. 8 77%
18. 9 66%
19. 10 Last qtr
20. 11 44%
21. 12 33%
22. 13 23%
23. 14 14%
24. 15 7%
25. 16 3%
26. 17 New
27. 18 0%
28. 19 3%
29. 20 7%
30. 21 13%
31. 22 20%
32. 23 28%
33. 24 37%
34. 25 First qtr
35. 26 56%
36. 27 65%
37. 28 74%

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

Events in February 1977

1. Wed, Feb 24:22 AM

   Saturn at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

2. Thu, Feb 310:56 PM

   Full Moon Snow Moon

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

3. Thu, Feb 105:09 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Feb 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.

5. Thu, Feb 1011:07 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sat, Feb 122:49 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Feb 123:06 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Feb 168:24 AM

   Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

   All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

9. Thu, Feb 1710:37 PM

   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 212:39 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Feb 246:17 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Feb 24

    Apogee

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

13. Fri, Feb 259:50 PM

    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.