Feb. 2 Candlemas or Groundhog Day, one of the four cross-quarter
days, halfway between solstices and equinoxes.
Feb. 2 Candlemas or Groundhog Day, one of the four cross-quarter days, halfway between solstices and equinoxes.
Feb. 2 Moon at last quarter
Feb. 3 Moon passes 1.1 degrees north of Antares
Feb. 5 Moon is 4.2 degrees south of Mars
Feb. 7 Alpha Centaurid meteors
Feb. 7 Moon is closest to Earth (Perigee-222,802 miles)
Feb. 8 Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), the day before Lent
Feb. 8 Mercruy is 2 degrees south west of Nepturne
Feb. 8 Moon, Mercury and Neptune with circle of diameter 4.6 degrees
Feb. 8 New Moon
Feb. 9 Moon is 3.1 degrees south east of Uranus.
Feb. 10 Muslim New Year
Feb. 14 St. Valentine’s Day
Feb. 15 Venus is 0.92 degrees south east of Neptune
Feb. 16 Moon at first quarter
Feb. 20 Moon is farthest from Earth (apogee-252,156 miles)
Feb. 20 Mercury is 0.92 degrees south east of Uranus
Feb. 20 Moon is 5 degrees north of Saturn
Feb. 24 Full Moon, known as: Snow Moon, Hunger Moon or Wolf Moon
Feb. 27 Moon is 1.2 degrees south west of Jupiter
