A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for February 2014:
Phenomena February
Day | Event |
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1 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Mercury mag. -0.6 (7 UT) |
3 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Uranus mag. +5.9 (23 UT) |
3 | Mercury mag. -0.3 is at perihelion 0.307 AU (approx. 45.9 million km or 28.5 million miles) from the Sun |
6 | Mercury mag. +0.3 is stationary in Aquarius (7 UT) |
6 | First quarter Moon (19:23 UT) |
8 | Asteroid (704) Interamnia mag. +10.8 is at opposition in Hydra |
8 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag. +0.9 (15 UT) |
11 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Jupiter mag. -2.5 (6 UT) |
12 | Moon is at apogee 406,235 km or 252,423 miles from Earth (4:58 UT) |
12 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag. +1.1 (10 UT) |
14 | Full Moon (23:54 UT) |
15 | Venus is at maximum brilliance mag. -4.7 (9 UT) |
15 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Regulus mag. +1.4 (11 UT) |
15 | Mercury is at inferior conjunction (20 UT) |
19 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Spica mag. +1.0 (15 UT) |
20 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Mars mag. -0.2 (0 UT) |
21 | Moon passes 0.3 degrees south of Saturn mag. +0.6, occultation is visible from most of Australia and New Zealand (22 UT) |
22 | Asteroid (2) Pallas mag. +7.0 is at opposition in Hydra |
22 | Last quarter Moon (17:16 UT) |
23 | Moon passes 8 degrees north of Antares mag. +1.0 (2 UT) |
23 | Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun (18 UT) |
26 | Moon passes 0.4 degrees north of Venus mag. -4.6, occultation is visible from central Africa (5 UT) |
27 | Asteroid (349) Dembowska mag. +10.3 is at opposition in Leo |
27 | Moon is at perigee 360,439 km or 223,966 miles from Earth (19:44 UT) |
27 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Mercury mag. +1.6 (21 UT) |
27 | Mercury mag. +1.6 is stationary in Aquarius (23 UT) |