February 1982

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 First qtr
10. 2 63%
11. 3 73%
12. 4 83%
13. 5 91%
14. 6 96%
15. 7 99%
16. 8 Full
17. 9 97%
18. 10 93%
19. 11 87%
20. 12 79%
21. 13 70%
22. 14 61%
23. 15 Last qtr
24. 16 42%
25. 17 33%
26. 18 24%
27. 19 17%
28. 20 10%
29. 21 5%
30. 22 2%
31. 23 New
32. 24 1%
33. 25 4%
34. 26 9%
35. 27 17%
36. 28 26%

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

Events in February 1982

1. Mon, Feb 19:28 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Feb 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.

3. Mon, Feb 82:57 AM

   Full Moon Snow Moon

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

4. Fri, Feb 1212:49 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Feb 125:32 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.

6. Fri, Feb 127:05 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Feb 146:08 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Feb 153:21 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Tue, Feb 166:41 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Feb 17

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

11. Thu, Feb 183:45 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Feb 2110:37 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Feb 2111:30 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

14. Tue, Feb 234:13 PM

    New Moon

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

15. Fri, Feb 265:49 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

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