Volume 14 Issue 2 February 2008
Moon Watch -- Observing Our Closest Neighbor
02. Waning Crescent Moon
   Near Antares
03. Waning Crescent West
   Jupiter and Venus
07. New Moon
Annular Solar Eclipse
12. Waxing Crescent Moon
   Near Aries
13. Waxing Crescent Moon
   West Of Pleiades
14. First Quarter
Waxing Crescent Moon
   West Of Pleiades
15. Waxing Gibbous Moon
   Near Mars
. Thin Waxing Crescent
   Moon Near Venus
14. Perigee (370 219 km)
17. Waxing Gibbous Moon
   Near Gemini Twins
20. Full Moon
Total Lunar Eclipse

Moon Between Regulus and Saturn
25. Waning Gibbous Moon
   Near Spica
28. Apogee (404 443 km)
Waning Gibbous Moon
   West Of Antares
29. Last Quarter

Moon Calendar from Google
Moon Phase Calendar

02 Feb - 0600 CST
12 Feb - 1900 CST
15 Feb - 1900 CST
17 Feb - 1900 CST
25 Feb - 2300 CST


Lunar Passages
    Many times during each month the Moon passes by bright stars and planets.
    This month watch for the eclipsed full Moon to rise in between Regulus and Saturn - both in Leo. In this picture the Moon is just making contact with the darker umbral shadow.
This view is set for 7:44p.m. CST on the 20th.