201.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 23'. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 at 23:02 EDT (444 days ago) in Pisces

202.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 at 19:45 EDT (446 days ago) in Aquarius

203.

The cluster IC 2581 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2581 (mag 4.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 (446 days ago) in Carina

204.

The Moon at perihelion The Moon passes its closest point to the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of new moon. Tue, 25 Feb 2025 at 17:16 EDT (448 days ago) in Capricornus

205.

Conjunction of Mercury and Saturn Mercury and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°39'. Tue, 25 Feb 2025 at 16:26 EDT (448 days ago) in Aquarius

206.

Mars ends retrograde motion Mars returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Sun, 23 Feb 2025 at 21:02 EDT (450 days ago) in Gemini

207.

Lunar occultation of Antares The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Falkland Islands amongst others. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 at 03:53 EDT (452 days ago) in Scorpius

208.

The cluster NGC 3114 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 3114 (mag 4.2) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 (453 days ago) in Carina

209.

Moon at Last Quarter The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 at 12:33 EDT (453 days ago) in Scorpius

210.

Messier 81 is well placed Bode's Galaxy M81 (NGC 3031; mag 6.9) in Ursa Major culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 19 Feb 2025 (454 days ago) in Ursa Major

211.

Venus at perihelion Venus passes its closest point to the Sun. Wed, 19 Feb 2025 at 11:23 EDT (454 days ago) in Pisces

212.

The Moon at apogee The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month. Mon, 17 Feb 2025 at 20:10 EDT (456 days ago) in Virgo

213.

Lunar occultation of Spica The Moon will pass in front of Spica (Alpha Virginis), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Oceania, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll and Tokelau. Mon, 17 Feb 2025 at 07:27 EDT (456 days ago) in Virgo

214.

Venus at greatest brightness Venus reaches its greatest brightness in the evening sky. Sun, 16 Feb 2025 at 03:58 EDT (457 days ago) in Pisces

215.

1 Ceres at solar conjunction 1 Ceres is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 at 16:20 EDT (459 days ago) in Aquarius

216.

The Moon at aphelion The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 at 12:39 EDT (459 days ago) in Leo

217.

Asteroid 29 Amphitrite at opposition Asteroid 29 Amphitrite makes closest approach to the Earth. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 at 14:10 EDT (461 days ago) in Leo

218.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 at 08:53 EDT (461 days ago) in Leo

219.

Lunar occultation of Mars The Moon will pass in front of Mars, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Russia, China, Canada and Greenland amongst others. Sun, 09 Feb 2025 at 14:49 EDT (464 days ago) in Gemini

220.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Sun, 09 Feb 2025 at 14:49 EDT (464 days ago) in Gemini