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| Lunar Events |
|---|
| February 1 :: Full Moon (Snow Moon) |
| February 9 :: Last Quarter Moon |
| February 10 :: Lunar Apogee |
| February 16 :: New Moon |
| February 24 :: First Quarter Moon |
| February 24 :: Lunar Perigee |
| Solar Events |
|---|
| February 1 :: X-Class solar flare (x1.0) |
| February 1-3 :: Heightened Solar Activity |
| February 17 :: Annular Solar Eclipse (Primarily Southern Hemisphere) |
| February 18-20 :: Solar Transit |
| February 1-28 :: Maximum peaks (golden age of solar activity) |
| Meteor Events |
|---|
| February 1 :: Alpha Antiids & Omicron Hydrids |
| February 4 :: eta draconids peak |
| February 8 :: Alpha Centaurid Meteor Shower Peak (Best for southern latitudes) |
| February 15-21 :: The "anthelion" stream |
| Late February :: Fireball season begins |
| Comet & Asteroids |
|---|
| February 4 :: Asteroid 2026 bs7 close approach |
| February 14 :: asteroid 162882 (2001 fd58) |
| February 17 :: Comet c/2024 e1 (Wierzchos) closest approach |
| February 21 :: asteroid 2023 cm2 close approach |
| February 27 :: asteroid 7 iris at opposition |
| Mid February :: Commet 88p/howell |
| Late February :: comet c/2025 r3 (panstarrs) |
| February 1-28 :: Comet 24p/Schaumasse |
| February 1-28 :: asteroid 4 vesta |
| Planetary Events |
|---|
| February 1-10 :: jupiter's peak dominance |
| February 5 :: Uranus near the pleiades |
| February 10 :: Venus enters evening visibility |
| February 19 :: Mercury at greatest elongation east |
| February 21-28 :: Planets start to align |
| February 28 :: 6 planet alignment |
| Astral Events |
|---|
| February 1 :: Algol "The Demon Star" mimimum |
| February 7 :: spica rises above the moon |
| February 11 :: antares occultation |
| February 18 :: Algol "The Demon Star" mimimun (pt.2) |
| February 24 :: pleiades occultation |
| February 27 :: the moon hangs near pollux (one of Gemini's "twin" stars) |
| February 1-28 :: The Winter Hexagon |
| Conjunction Events |
|---|
| February 1 :: Moon-Beehive cluster conjunction |
| February 2-3 :: Moon-Regulus Pairing |
| February 7 :: Moon-Spica conjunction |
| February 15 :: Saturn-Neptune ultra close conjunction |
| February 18 :: Moon-Mercury conjunction |
| February 19 :: moon-saturn conjunction |
| February 24 :: moon-pleiades conjunction |
| February 26 :: venus-mercury close approach |
| February 27 :: moon-jupiter conjunction |
| View Timing |
|---|
| February 16 :: New Moon period offers the darkest skies. Best for star gazing. |
| February 17 :: The annular eclipse "ring of fire" peaks. (Midday for Antarctica. Late afternoon for Southern Africa/South America.) |
| February 19 :: After sunset is the best time to view the Moon-Mercury conjunction. |
| February 28 :: The 6 planet parade "magic" hour is 23:00 to 00:00 UTC. |