February 2024 Sky
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- On February 4, 2024
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- Antares, Beehive cluster M44, Castor, Jupiter, Leap Day, M35 star cluster, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, Spica, Uranus, Venus
February 2024 Sky
| 1 | Moon near Spica at 10h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 2 | Last Quarter Moon at 23:19 UT. |
| 5 | Moon near Antares at 2h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from central Asia. • Antares (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Antares (IOTA) |
| 7 | Moon near Venus at 21h UT (29° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.0. • Venus (Wikipedia) |
| 8 | Moon near Mars at 9h UT (23° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 1.3. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 9 | Moon near Mercury at 0h UT (14° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.5. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 9 | New Moon at 23:00 UT. Start of lunation 1251. |
| 10 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 18:52 UT (distance 358,088km; angular size 33.4′). |
| 11 | Moon near Saturn at 3h UT (16° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 1.0. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 12 | Moon near Neptune (33° from Sun, evening sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 7.9. Occultation visible from Antarctica. |
| 15 | Moon near Jupiter at 7h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.3. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 16 | Moon near Uranus (82° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. 5.7. |
| 16 | First Quarter Moon at 15:01 UT. |
| 16 | Moon near the Pleiades at 21h UT (evening sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 19 | Moon near M35 star cluster at 8h UT (evening sky). • Messier 35 (Wikipedia) |
| 20 | Moon near Castor at 20h UT (evening sky). |
| 21 | Moon near Pollux at 2h UT (evening sky). |
| 22 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 6h UT (evening sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 22 | Venus 0.62° N of Mars at 10h UT (26° from Sun, morning sky). Mags −3.9 and 1.3. |
| 24 | Moon near Regulus at 3h UT (evening sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 24 | Full Moon at 12:30 UT. |
| 25 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 406,312km; angular size 29.4′). |
| 28 | Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 8h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky. |
| 28 | Moon near Spica at 16h UT (morning sky). |
| 28 | Saturn at conjunction with the Sun at 21h UT. The ringed planet (not visible) passes into the morning sky. |
| 29 | Leap Day. |
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February 2024 Sky All times Universal Time (UT).
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