Astronomy - USA (2022-02)

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size due to the distance

from Earth and are shown at 0h Universal Time.

1 New Moon occurs at 12:46 A.M. EST

2 The Moon passes 4° south of Jupiter, 4 P.M. EST

3 The Moon passes 4° south of Neptune, 4 P.M. EST

Mercury is stationary, 5 P.M. EST

4 Saturn is in conjunction with the Sun, 2 P.M. EST

5 Asteroid Massalia is at opposition, 3 A.M. EST

7 The Moon passes 1.2° south of Uranus, 3 P.M. EST

8 First Quarter Moon occurs at 8:50 A.M. EST

9 The Moon passes 0.03° north of dwarf planet Ceres, 6 A.M. EST

10 The Moon is at apogee (251,591 miles from Earth), 9:37 P.M. EST

12 Venus is at greatest brilliancy (magnitude –4.9), 1 P.M. EST

Venus passes 7° north of Mars, 8 P.M. EST

16 Full Moon occurs at 11:56 A.M. EST

Mercury is at greatest western elongation (26°), 4 P.M. EST

23 Last Quarter Moon occurs at 5:32 P.M. EST

26 The Moon is at perigee (228,533 miles from Earth), 5:25 P.M. EST

27 The Moon passes 9° south of Venus, 1 A.M. EST

The Moon passes 4° south of Mars, 4 A.M. EST

28 The Moon passes 4° south of Mercury, 3 P.M. EST

The Moon passes 4° south of Saturn, 7 P.M. EST

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ASTRONOMY

: ROEN KELLY