A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for February 2017:
Phenomena February
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Mars mag +1.1 (1 UT) |
| 2 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.9 (8 UT) |
| 3 | Vesta mag. +6.6 passes 3 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (3 UT) |
| 4 | First quarter Moon (4:19 UT) |
| 5 | Moon passes 0.2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from South and Central Europe, North Africa, Middle East (21:39 UT) |
| 6 | Moon is at perigee 368,816 km or 229,172 miles from Earth (14:11 UT) |
| 6 | Jupiter mag -2.2 is stationary in Virgo, afterwards begins retrograde motion (18 UT) |
| 7 | Mercury is at aphelion 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million kilometres or 43.4 million miles) from the Sun (12 UT) |
| 8 | Moon passes 7 degrees south of Vesta mag +6.7 (23 UT) |
| 9 | Moon passes 10 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (2 UT) |
| 11 | Full Moon, penumbral lunar eclipse visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa and most of Asia (00:44 UT) |
| 11 | Moon passes 0.8 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4, occultation is visible from Australia, New Zealand (14:30 UT) |
| 15 | Moon passes 7 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (14 UT) |
| 15 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Jupiter mag -2.2 (15 UT) |
| 16 | Jupiter is at aphelion 5.457 AU (approx. 816.4 million kms or 507.3 million miles) from the Sun (7 UT) |
| 17 | Venus is at its greatest illumination mag -4.9 (7 UT) |
| 18 | Last quarter Moon (19:34 UT) |
| 18 | Moon is at apogee 404,375 km or 251,267 miles from Earth (21:14 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (12 UT) |
| 20 | Asteroid (15) Eunomia mag +9.2 is at opposition 1.851 AU (approx. 276.9 million kms or 172.1 million miles) from Earth (3 UT) |
| 20 | Venus is at perihelion 0.718 AU (approx. 107 million kilometres or 66.7 million miles) from the Sun (17 UT) |
| 20 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.5 (23 UT) |
| 23 | Jupiter mag -2.3 passes 4 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (17 UT) |
| 26 | New Moon. Annular Solar Eclipse visible from southern South America, South-western Africa (14:55 UT) |
| 27 | Mars mag +1.3 passes 0.6 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.9 (8 UT) |
| 28 | Moon passes 10 degrees south of Venus mag -4.8 (20 UT) |