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Moon at First Quarter The Moon reaches first quarter phase – appearing high in the sky at sunset and setting in the west at around midnight. Sun, 14 Feb 2016 at 23:47 PDT (2,965 days ago) in Taurus |
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Asteroid 5 Astraea at opposition Asteroid 5 Astraea makes closest approach to the Earth. Mon, 15 Feb 2016 at 18:22 PDT (2,965 days ago) in Leo |
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Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Mon, 15 Feb 2016 at 20:09 PDT (2,965 days ago) in Taurus |
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Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including the Contiguous United States, Russia, Japan and Alaska amongst others. Mon, 15 Feb 2016 at 23:59 PDT (2,964 days ago) in Taurus |
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Messier 81 is well placed Bode's Galaxy M81 (NGC 3031; mag 6.9) in Ursa Major culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 19 Feb 2016 (2,961 days ago) in Ursa Major |
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Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Sun, 21 Feb 2016 at 09:19 PDT (2,959 days ago) in Capricornus |
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The cluster NGC 3114 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 3114 (mag 4.2) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 21 Feb 2016 (2,959 days ago) in Carina |
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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Mon, 22 Feb 2016 at 10:19 PDT (2,958 days ago) in Leo |
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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Tue, 23 Feb 2016 at 19:00 PDT (2,957 days ago) in Leo |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°41'. Tue, 23 Feb 2016 at 20:01 PDT (2,957 days ago) in Leo |
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The Moon at aphelion The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon. Wed, 24 Feb 2016 at 22:58 PDT (2,956 days ago) in Virgo |
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Supernova SN2016aqf discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 2101. Thu, 25 Feb 2016 (2,954 days ago) |
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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. Fri, 26 Feb 2016 at 19:27 PDT (2,954 days ago) in Virgo |
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The cluster IC 2581 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2581 (mag 4.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 27 Feb 2016 (2,953 days ago) in Carina |
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Neptune at solar conjunction Neptune is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Sun, 28 Feb 2016 at 07:38 PDT (2,952 days ago) in Aquarius |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°34'. Mon, 29 Feb 2016 at 10:15 PDT (2,951 days ago) in Libra |
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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Mon, 29 Feb 2016 at 11:37 PDT (2,951 days ago) in Libra |
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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. Tue, 01 Mar 2016 at 15:11 PDT (2,950 days ago) in Ophiuchus |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°34'. Tue, 01 Mar 2016 at 22:31 PDT (2,950 days ago) in Ophiuchus |
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Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Tue, 01 Mar 2016 at 23:11 PDT (2,949 days ago) in Ophiuchus |