February 2013

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 70%
14. 2 60%
15. 3 Last qtr
16. 4 37%
17. 5 27%
18. 6 17%
19. 7 9%
20. 8 4%
21. 9 1%
22. 10 New
23. 11 3%
24. 12 7%
25. 13 14%
26. 14 21%
27. 15 30%
28. 16 39%
29. 17 First qtr
30. 18 58%
31. 19 67%
32. 20 76%
33. 21 83%
34. 22 90%
35. 23 95%
36. 24 98%
37. 25 Full
38. 26 99%
39. 27 96%
40. 28 91%

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

Events in February 2013

1. Sun, Feb 32:44 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Feb 38:56 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Mon, Feb 44:04 PM

   Mars and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Feb 65:19 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered

   All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.

5. Wed, Feb 66:03 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Feb 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.

7. Fri, Feb 812:56 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Feb 102:20 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Mon, Feb 1112:29 AM

   Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

10. Mon, Feb 119:00 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Feb 138:05 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Feb 164:29 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

13. Sun, Feb 173:31 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Mon, Feb 186:54 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Feb 19

    Apogee

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

16. Thu, Feb 212:26 AM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

17. Mon, Feb 253:26 PM

    Full Moon Snow Moon

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

18. Tue, Feb 264:07 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

19. Thu, Feb 288:42 AM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

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