February 2056

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 Full
11. 2 98%
12. 3 94%
13. 4 87%
14. 5 78%
15. 6 68%
16. 7 57%
17. 8 Last qtr
18. 9 34%
19. 10 24%
20. 11 16%
21. 12 9%
22. 13 4%
23. 14 1%
24. 15 New
25. 16 1%
26. 17 5%
27. 18 9%
28. 19 16%
29. 20 23%
30. 21 31%
31. 22 41%
32. 23 First qtr
33. 24 60%
34. 25 69%
35. 26 78%
36. 27 86%
37. 28 93%
38. 29 98%

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

Events in February 2056

1. Tue, Feb 17:24 AM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

2. Tue, Feb 17:36 AM

   Full Moon Snow Moon

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

3. Tue, Feb 15:19 PM

   Mars and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Feb 4

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.

5. Sat, Feb 511:45 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Feb 812:41 AM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered

   All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

7. Tue, Feb 81:04 AM

   Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, Feb 81:52 AM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Feb 82:01 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sat, Feb 127:55 AM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Feb 128:19 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Sun, Feb 132:44 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Feb 132:53 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

14. Sun, Feb 134:22 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Feb 132:27 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Feb 132:55 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Feb 132:57 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Feb 159:00 AM

    New Moon

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

19. Fri, Feb 184:37 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

20. Sun, Feb 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

21. Wed, Feb 2312:12 PM

    First Quarter

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

22. Wed, Feb 234:07 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

23. Thu, Feb 246:11 PM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

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