February 2020 Sky
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- On February 21, 2020
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- Aldebaran, Antares, Beehive cluster M44, Castor, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Mercury at inferior conjunction, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, The Zodiacal Light, Venus
February 2020 Sky
| 2 | First Quarter Moon at 1:42 UT. |
| 3 | Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 14h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 4 | Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 7h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) |
| 7 | Moon near Castor (evening sky) at 9h UT. |
| 7 | Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 13h UT. |
| 8 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 12h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 9 | Full Moon at 7:33 UT. |
| 10 | Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 0h UT. • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 10 | Mercury at greatest elongation east (18° from Sun, evening sky) at 14h UT. Mag. −0.5. |
| 10 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 20:31 UT (distance 360,461 km; angular size 33.1′). |
| 13 | Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 16h UT. • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 15 | Last Quarter Moon at 22:18 UT. |
| 17 | Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 0h UT. • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 18 | Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 14h UT. Mag. 1.2. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | Moon near Jupiter (43° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. −1.9. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | Moon near Saturn (34° from Sun, morning sky) at 15h UT. Mag. 0.6. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 23 | New Moon at 15:33 UT. Start of lunation 1202. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia) |
| 26 | Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 2h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky. |
| 26 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 12h UT (distance 406,278 km; angular size 29.4′). |
| 27 | Moon near Venus (44° from Sun, evening sky) at 18h UT. Mag. −4.2. • Venus (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 west 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. • Zodiacal Light (Wikipedia) |
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| February 2019 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
