February 1997

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 41%
15. 2 31%
16. 3 21%
17. 4 12%
18. 5 6%
19. 6 1%
20. 7 New
21. 8 2%
22. 9 6%
23. 10 14%
24. 11 23%
25. 12 33%
26. 13 43%
27. 14 First qtr
28. 15 64%
29. 16 73%
30. 17 81%
31. 18 88%
32. 19 93%
33. 20 97%
34. 21 99%
35. 22 Full
36. 23 99%
37. 24 95%
38. 25 91%
39. 26 84%
40. 27 76%
41. 28 67%

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

Events in February 1997

1. Sat, Feb 18:07 AM

   Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.

2. Sat, Feb 19:29 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Feb 58:47 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Feb 59:36 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

5. Thu, Feb 61:29 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Feb 64:34 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

7. Thu, Feb 67:07 AM

   Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

8. Thu, Feb 610:17 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Feb 611:16 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Feb 612:53 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Feb 77:41 AM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Feb 710:06 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Fri, Feb 7

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.

14. Fri, Feb 75:58 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

15. Fri, Feb 77:33 PM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Feb 1010:56 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Feb 121:16 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

18. Wed, Feb 121:22 PM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

19. Wed, Feb 1210:54 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

20. Fri, Feb 143:58 AM

    First Quarter

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

21. Sat, Feb 159:09 PM

    Jupiter and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

22. Fri, Feb 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

23. Sat, Feb 225:27 AM

    Full Moon Snow MoonMicromoon

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

24. Mon, Feb 245:39 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

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