A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for February 2019:
Day (UT) | Time (UT) | Event |
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2 | 07:06 | Saturn (mag. +0.6) 0.6 degrees south of Moon. |
4 | 21:04 | New moon. |
5 | 09:46 | Moon at apogee approx. 406,555 kilometres or 252,622 miles from the Earth. |
10 | 16:19 | Mars (mag. +1.0) 6.1 degrees north of Moon. |
10 | 20:20 | Uranus (mag. +5.8) 5.1 degrees north of Moon. |
12 | 22:27 | First quarter moon. |
13 | 20:13 | Uranus (mag. +5.8) 1.1 degrees south of Mars (mag. +1.0). |
14 | 03:58 | Moon 1.7 degrees north of Aldebaran (mag. +0.9). |
14 | 20:39 | Vesta (mag. +7.9) 3.5 degrees south of Mercury (mag. -1.2). |
15 | 23:29 | Moon occults star Tejat - μ Gem (mag. +2.9). |
17 | 06:52 | Moon 7.0 degrees south of Pollux (mag. +1.1). |
18 | 13:51 | Saturn (mag. +0.6) 1.1 degrees south of Venus (mag. -4.2). |
19 | 09:10 | Moon at perigee approx. 356,761 kilometres or 221,681 miles from the Earth. |
19 | 13:33 | Moon 2.5 degrees north of Regulus (mag. +1.4). |
19 | 15:54 | Full moon. |
23 | 01:05 | Moon 7.8 degrees north of Spica (mag. +1.0). |
25 | 08:10 | Mercury (mag. -0.7) is at perihelion 0.307 AU (approx. 45.9 million kilometres or 28.5 million miles) from the Sun. |
26 | 11:28 | Last quarter moon. |
26 | 13:39 | Moon 8.5 degrees north of Antares (mag. +1.0). |
26 | 15:10 | Ceres (mag. +8.6) 2.5 degrees north of Moon. |
27 | 01:23 | Mercury (mag. -0.5) at greatest elongation 18.1 deg. east in the evening sky. |
27 | 14:16 | Jupiter (mag. -2.0) 2.3 degrees south of Moon. |