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A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for February 2015:

Phenomena February

DayEvent
1Venus mag -3.9 passes 0.8 degrees south of Neptune mag +8.0 (11 UT)
2Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (9 UT)
3Full Moon (23:09 UT)
4Asteroid (71) Niobe mag +10.6 is at opposition in Cancer
4Moon passes 5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.6 (9 UT)
5Asteroid (89) Julia mag +10.4 is at opposition in Cancer
5Moon passes 4 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (9 UT)
6Moon is at apogee 406,150 km or 252,370 miles from Earth (06:13 UT)
6Jupiter mag -2.6 is at opposition in Cancer approx. 4.346 AU (650 million km or 404 million miles) from Earth (18:17 UT)
9Moon passes 3 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (17 UT)
11Mercury mag 0.7 is stationary in Capricornus, afterwards begins direct motion (7 UT)
12Last quarter Moon (3:50 UT)
13Moon passes 2 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.6 (0 UT)
13Moon passes 9 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (9 UT)
15Asteroid (8) Flora mag +8.9 is at opposition in Leo
17Moon passes 3.5 degrees north of Mercury mag +0.2 (6 UT)
18New Moon (23:48)
19Moon is at perigee 356,992 km or 221,825 miles from Earth (7:22 UT)
21Moon passes 2 degrees north of Venus mag -3.9 (1 UT)
21Moon passes 1.5 degrees north of Mars mag +1.3 (1 UT)
21Venus mag -3.9 passes 0.5 degrees south of Mars mag +1.3 (20 UT)
21Moon passes 0.3 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.9, occultation is visible from SE Canada and NE America (22:16 UT)
24Mercury mag 0.0 is at greatest elongation west 26.7 degrees (16 UT)
25First quarter Moon (17:14 UT)
25Moon passes 1 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation visible from Scandinavia, N Russia and SW Canada (23 UT)
26Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun (5 UT)