February 2021 Sky
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- On January 31, 2021
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- Aldebaran, Antares, Beehive cluster M44, Castor, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury at inferior conjunction, Moon, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, The Zodiacal Light, Venus, Venus and Saturn
February 2021 Sky
| 3 | Moon near Spica at 6h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 3 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 18:48 UT (distance 370,116 km; angular size 32.3′). |
| 4 | Last Quarter Moon at 17:38 UT. |
| 6 | Moon near Antares at 12h UT (morning sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 8 | Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 14h UT. Mercury passes into the morning sky. |
| 10 | Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. 0.7. |
| 10 | Moon, Venus and Saturn within a circle of diameter 5.2° (14° from Sun, morning sky) at 16h UT. Mags. −3.9 and 0.7. • Venus (Wikipedia) • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 10 | Moon near Venus (11° from Sun, morning sky) at 23h UT. Mag. −3.9. |
| 11 | Jupiter 0.43° NNW of Venus at 15h UT (11° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −2.0 and −3.9. |
| 11 | New Moon at 19:07 UT. Start of lunation 1214. |
| 15 | Mercury 3.9° NNW of Jupiter at 14h UT (14° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 2.0 and −2.0. • Mercury (Wikipedia) • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 18 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 404,467 km; angular size 29.5′). |
| 19 | Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 2h UT. Mag. 0.7. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | Moon near the Pleiades at 18h UT (evening sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | First Quarter Moon at 18:48 UT. |
| 20 | Moon near Aldebaran at 12h UT (evening sky). • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) |
| 23 | Mercury 4.1°NE of Saturn at 8h UT (27° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 0.6 and 0.7. |
| 23 | Moon near Castor at 21h UT (evening sky). |
| 24 | Moon near Pollux at 2h UT (evening sky). |
| 25 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 3h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 26 | Moon near Regulus at 18h UT (midnight sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 27 | Full Moon at 8:18 UT. |
| 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 to 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 2021 Sky All times Universal Time (UT). | |
