Monthly Calendar
February 2019

  • 2. Waning crescent Moon near Saturn
    • Imbolog (Groundhog Day)
  • 3. Moon at descending node
  • 4. New Moon
  • 5. Moon at apogee: 406,556 km (252,622 mi.)
  • 10. Waxing crescent Moon near Mars
  • 12. First quarter Moon
  • 13. Waxing gibbous Moon near Aldebaran
  • 15. Galileo Day
    • Galileo’s Birthday (1564)<
  • 16. Sun Enters Astronomical Constellation Aquarius the Water Bearer
  • 17. Moon at ascending node
  • 18. Sun Does Not Enter the Astrological Constellation Pisces the Fishes
    • Waxing gibbous Moon near Beehive Open Star Cluster
    Venus and Saturn conjunction
  • 19. Moon at perigee: 356,762 km (221,682 mi.)
    • Waxing gibbous Moon near Regulus
    Full Moon (largest this year)
  • 23. Waning gibbous Moon near Spica
    • Mars and Jupiter at Heliocentric Opposition
  • 25. Mercury at perihelion
  • 26. Last quarter Moon
    • Moon near dwarf planet Ceres
  • 27. Mercury at greatest eastern elongation: 18.1°E
    • Waning crescent Moon near Jupiter