February 2019 Sky
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- On February 2, 2019
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- Aldebaran, Antares, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, The Zodiacal Light, Uranus, Venus
February 2019 Sky
| 1 | Moon near Venus (morning sky). Mag. −4.3. Spectacular! • Venus (Wikipedia) |
| 2 | Moon near Saturn (28° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 0.6. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 4 | New Moon at 21:04 UT. Start of lunation 1189. |
| 5 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 406,555 km; angular size 29.4′). |
| 10 | Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 22h UT. Mag. 1.0. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | First Quarter Moon at 22:26 UT. |
| 13 | Mars 1.0° NNW of Uranus (65° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. 1.0 and 5.8. • Mars (Wikipedia) • Uranus (Wikipedia) |
| 13 | Moon near the Pleiades (96° from Sun, evening sky) at 11h UT. The Hyades nearby. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 14 | Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 4h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) |
| 17 | Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 6h UT. |
| 18 | Venus 1.1° N of Saturn (43° from Sun, morning sky) at 13h UT. Mags. −4.1 and 0.6. |
| 19 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 8:51 UT (356,761 km; angular size 33.5′). |
| 19 | Moon near Regulus (midnight sky) at 15h UT. • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | Full Moon at 15:54 UT. Perigee 7 hours earlier. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 23 | Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 6h UT. • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 26 | Last Quarter Moon at 11:28 UT. |
| 26 | Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 17h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 27 | Mercury at greatest elongation east (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −0.3. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 27 | Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 16h UT. Mag. −2.0. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| The Zodiacal Light is caused by sunlight reflected off meteoric dust in the plane of the solar system. Choose a clear, moonless night, about 1-2 hours after sunset, and look for a large triangular-shaped glow extending up from the horizon (along the ecliptic). The best months to view the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic is almost vertical at the horizon: March and April (evening) and October-November (morning); times reversed for the southern hemisphere. | |
| February 2019 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
