February 2007

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 100%
13. 2 Full
14. 3 98%
15. 4 94%
16. 5 89%
17. 6 82%
18. 7 75%
19. 8 66%
20. 9 57%
21. 10 Last qtr
22. 11 38%
23. 12 28%
24. 13 19%
25. 14 11%
26. 15 5%
27. 16 1%
28. 17 New
29. 18 2%
30. 19 6%
31. 20 13%
32. 21 22%
33. 22 32%
34. 23 43%
35. 24 First qtr
36. 25 65%
37. 26 75%
38. 27 83%
39. 28 90%

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

Events in February 2007

1. Fri, Feb 212:46 AM

   Full Moon Snow Moon

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

2. Fri, Feb 26:33 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Feb 7

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

4. Wed, Feb 710:25 AM

   Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

5. Wed, Feb 712:42 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

6. Wed, Feb 71:57 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Feb 811:00 AM

   Neptune behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

8. Sat, Feb 104:51 AM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sat, Feb 101:30 PM

   Saturn at opposition

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

10. Wed, Feb 149:21 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Feb 168:48 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Feb 1711:14 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Sun, Feb 181:32 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

14. Sun, Feb 183:43 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Feb 1811:58 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Feb 19

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.

17. Mon, Feb 1910:43 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Feb 2211:38 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

19. Sat, Feb 242:56 AM

    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.