A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for February 2018:
Day (UT) | Time (UT) | Event |
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1 | 18:49 | Moon 1.0 degrees north of Regulus (mag. +1.4), occultation visible from north Europe and north Asia. |
5 | 11:53 | Moon 7.4 degrees north of Spica (mag. +1.0). |
7 | 15:54 | Last quarter moon. |
7 | 19:46 | Jupiter (mag. -2.0) 4.3 degrees south of Moon. |
9 | 05:11 | Mars (mag. +1.1) 4.4 degrees south of Moon. |
9 | 06:57 | Moon 9.5 degrees north of Antares (mag. +1.0). |
9 | 13:18 | Vesta (mag. +7.6) 0.9 degrees north of Moon. |
10 | 14:48 | Mars (mag. +1.1) 5.2 degrees north of Antares (mag. +1.0). |
11 | 14:23 | Moon at apogee approx. 405,700 kilometres or 252,100 miles from Earth. |
11 | 14:30 | Saturn (mag. +0.6) 2.5 degrees south of Moon. |
15 | 21:06 | New moon. Partial solar eclipse, visible from Antarctica, Argentina and Chile. |
16 | 14:17 | Mercury is at superior conjunction. |
20 | 08:05 | Uranus (mag. +5.9) 4.7 degrees north of Moon. |
23 | 08:10 | First quarter moon. |
23 | 17:34 | Moon 0.7 degrees north of Aldebaran (mag. +0.9). |
26 | 20:29 | Moon 8.6 degrees south of Pollux (mag. +1.1). |
27 | 14:47 | Moon at perigee approx. 363,936 kilometres or 226,139 miles from Earth. |
27 | 20:22 | Vesta (mag. +7.5) 5.5 degrees north of Mars (mag. +0.8). |