A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for February 2016:
Phenomena February
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Last quarter Moon (3:28 UT) |
| 1 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Mars mag +0.8 (9 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (8 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.6 (19 UT) |
| 5 | Asteroid (40) Harmonia mag +9.7 is at opposition in Cancer |
| 6 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Venus mag -3.9 (8 UT) |
| 6 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Mercury mag -0.1 (17 UT) |
| 7 | Mercury mag -0.1 is at greatest elongation west 25.6 degrees (1 UT) |
| 8 | New Moon (14:39 UT) |
| 10 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Neptune mag +8.0 (0 UT) |
| 11 | Moon is at perigee 364,358 km or 226,401 miles from Earth (2:33 UT) |
| 12 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.9 (14 UT) |
| 13 | Asteroid (52) Europa mag +10.0 is at opposition in Leo |
| 15 | First quarter Moon (7:47 UT) |
| 15 | Asteroid (5) Astraea mag +8.7 is at opposition in Leo |
| 16 | Moon passes 0.3 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from northern Pacific, Hawaii, Philippines and Taiwan (8:05 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 11 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (18 UT) |
| 21 | Mercury is at aphelion 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million kilometres or 43.4 million miles) from the Sun (17 UT) |
| 22 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (13 UT) |
| 22 | Full Moon (18:20 UT) |
| 24 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.5 (4 UT) |
| 26 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (20 UT) |
| 27 | Moon is at apogee 405,383 km or 251,893 miles from Earth (3:21 UT) |
| 28 | Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun (16 UT) |
| 29 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Mars mag +0.3 (18 UT) |