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A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for February 2014:

Phenomena February

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