February 1990

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 38%
13. 2 First qtr
14. 3 61%
15. 4 71%
16. 5 81%
17. 6 89%
18. 7 95%
19. 8 99%
20. 9 Full
21. 10 99%
22. 11 96%
23. 12 91%
24. 13 85%
25. 14 78%
26. 15 69%
27. 16 60%
28. 17 Last qtr
29. 18 41%
30. 19 32%
31. 20 23%
32. 21 15%
33. 22 8%
34. 23 3%
35. 24 1%
36. 25 New
37. 26 2%
38. 27 7%
39. 28 15%

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

Events in February 1990

1. Thu, Feb 1

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.

2. Fri, Feb 21:33 PM

   First Quarter

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

3. Sat, Feb 39:44 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Feb 59:33 AM

   Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

5. Mon, Feb 510:49 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Feb 99:18 AM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Feb 92:11 PM

   Total lunar eclipse

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

8. Fri, Feb 92:16 PM

   Full Moon Snow Moon

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

9. Fri, Feb 16

   Apogee

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

10. Sat, Feb 176:03 AM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Feb 176:53 AM

    Mars, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.

12. Sat, Feb 179:46 AM

    Mars, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

13. Sat, Feb 171:48 PM

    Last Quarter

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

14. Mon, Feb 1912:10 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.

15. Tue, Feb 207:46 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Feb 208:33 PM

    Mars, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

17. Wed, Feb 214:49 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.

18. Wed, Feb 215:51 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

19. Wed, Feb 216:59 AM

    Mars, Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

20. Wed, Feb 2111:27 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

21. Wed, Feb 217:48 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

22. Wed, Feb 218:11 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

23. Thu, Feb 223:10 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

24. Fri, Feb 237:03 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

25. Sun, Feb 253:55 AM

    New Moon

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

26. Wed, Feb 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.

27. Wed, Feb 286:13 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

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