February 1989

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 25%
12. 2 16%
13. 3 9%
14. 4 4%
15. 5 1%
16. 6 New
17. 7 3%
18. 8 8%
19. 9 16%
20. 10 25%
21. 11 36%
22. 12 First qtr
23. 13 58%
24. 14 68%
25. 15 78%
26. 16 86%
27. 17 92%
28. 18 96%
29. 19 99%
30. 20 Full
31. 21 99%
32. 22 96%
33. 23 92%
34. 24 86%
35. 25 79%
36. 26 70%
37. 27 61%
38. 28 Last qtr

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

Events in February 1989

1. Wed, Feb 17:17 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Feb 312:50 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Feb 312:02 PM

   Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

4. Fri, Feb 31:29 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

5. Sat, Feb 42:34 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, Feb 51:02 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Feb 62:37 AM

   New Moon

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

8. Tue, Feb 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.

9. Sun, Feb 1212:01 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Feb 126:15 PM

    First Quarter

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

11. Sat, Feb 1810:37 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

12. Mon, Feb 2010:32 AM

    Full Moon Snow Moon

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

13. Mon, Feb 2010:35 AM

    Total lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

14. Thu, Feb 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

15. Tue, Feb 283:08 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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