Moon calendar
February 2009
- 1 37%
- 2 New
- 3 58%
- 4 69%
- 5 80%
- 6 88%
- 7 95%
- 8 99%
- 9 Full
- 10 98%
- 11 94%
- 12 88%
- 13 80%
- 14 71%
- 15 62%
- 16 Last qtr
- 17 42%
- 18 33%
- 19 25%
- 20 17%
- 21 11%
- 22 5%
- 23 2%
- 24 New
- 25 1%
- 26 3%
- 27 8%
- 28 14%
- Moon phase
- Perigee or apogee
- Eclipse
- Planets
- Equinox or solstice
Events in February 2009
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6:13 PM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
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9:38 AM
Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.
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9:49 AM
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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7:49 AM
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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3:37 PM
Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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4:37 PM
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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11:22 AM
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
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9:23 PM
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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4:34 PM
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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7:37 PM
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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1:16 AM
Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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1:49 AM
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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9:09 PM
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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12:51 AM
Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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1:51 AM
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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8:35 PM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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1:10 AM
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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6:57 PM
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.