The sky for the month of february 2020

These sky maps show the bright stars and planets visible from the northern hemisphere, looking Sout and North, on february 15th 2020 (23h). The vertical line corresponds to the projection on the sky of the local meridian. The red arc on the Southern horizon represents the ecliptic (the annual path of the Sun).

Event calendar

Astronomical phenomena for the month of February :

• 02/01/2020 at 04h 01m 27s TLF : Geocentric conjunction in right ascension between the Moon and Uranus, dif. Dec. : -4 ° 34 ’, elongated. solar of the Moon : 80 ° E.
• 02/01/2020 at 06h 23m 57s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation of the Whale. -
• 02/01/2020 at 19h 06m 48s TLF : Mars passes through the descending node of its orbit, long. average : + 259 ° 55.3 ’.
• 02/01/2020 at 20h 59m 52s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation Aries.
• 01/02/2020 at 21h 16m 32s TLF : Mercury enters the constellation Aquarius.
• 02/02/2020 at 02h 41m 40s TLF : Premier Quartier.
• 02/02/2020 at 14h 29m 03s TLF : Venus enters the Pisces constellation.
• 02/02/2020 at 22h 23m 20s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation Taurus.
• 02/05/2020 at 16h 13m 56s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation of Orion.
• 02/05/2020 at 20h 47m 05s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation of Gemini. -
• 02/06/2020 at 09h 59m 05s TLF : the Moon passes through the ascending node of its orbit, long. average : + 97 ° 53.2 ’.
• 02/06/2020 at 5h 09m 09s TLF : the declination of the Moon is at its maximum, decl. = + 23 ° 16.0 ’.
• 02/07/2020 at 14h 01m 02s TLF : Mercury passes by the ascending node of its long orbit. average : + 335 ° 55.7 ’.
• 07/02/2020 at 20h 17m 12s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation of Cancer.
• 08/02/2020 at 17h 24m 33s TLF : Venus has a zero and growing declination, asc. right = 0h 4.3m.
• 02/09/2020 at 04h 09m 43s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation Leo.
• 09/02/2020 at 08h 33m 17s TLF : Full Moon.
• 02/10/2020 at 2h 56m 00s TLF : Mercury in greater elongation : 18 ° 12 ’East.
• 02/10/2020 at 21h 27m 53s TLF : the Moon at perigee (minimum distance to Earth) d = 360 461.096 km, diam. app. : 33.23 long. Avg. : 163.03 °.
  -* 02/11/2020 at 10h 48m 14s TLF : Mars enters the constellation Sagittarius.
  -* 02/11/2020 at 11h 48m20s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation Virgo. -
• 02/12/2020 at 06h 05m 12s TLF : Mercury at perihelion (minimum distance to the Sun) d = 0.30749 ua.
  -* 12/02/2020 at 19h 52m 30s TLF : the Moon has a null and decreasing declination, asc. right = 12h 51.8m.
  -* 02/13/2020 at 05h 34m 08s TLF : Saturn passes through the descending node of its long orbit. average : + 296 ° 25.7 ’
  -* 02/14/2020 at 12h 33m 19s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation of Libra.
  -* 02/15/2020 at 06h 28m 30s TLF : Venus passes through the ascending node of its long orbit. average : + 8 ° 38.4 ’.
  -* 02/15/2020 at 11h17m 12s TLF : Last Quarter.
  -* 02/16/2020 at 09h 10m 23s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation Scorpio.
  -* 02/16/2020 at 11h 17m 49s TLF : Mercury is stationary in the constellation Aquarius, then retrograde.
  -* 02/16/2020 at 21h 13m 45s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation of Ophiuchus.
  -* 02/17/2020 at 00h 40m 20s TLF : Sun enters the constellation Aquarius.
  -* 02/18/2020 at 05h 03m 10s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation Sagittarius.
  -* 02/18/2020 at 2:17 p.m. 10s TLF : Geocentric conjunction in right ascension between the Moon and Mars, dif. Dec. : + 0 ° 45 ’, elongated. of the Moon : 58 ° W.
  -* 02/19/2020 at 01h 11m 59s TLF : the Moon passes through the descending node of its long orbit. average : + 277 ° 15.3 ’.
• 19/02/2020 at 09h 53m 49s TLF : the declination of the Moon is at its minimum, decl. = -23 ° 19.1 ’.
• 02/19/2020 at 8h 35m 42s TLF : Geocentric conjunction in right ascension between the Moon and Jupiter, dif. Dec. : -0 ° 56 ’, elongated. Jupiter’s solar : 43 ° W.
• 19/02/2020 at 22h 50m 07s TLF : the declination of Mercury is at its maximum, decl. = -4 ° 7.8 ’.
• 02/20/2020 at 2h 38m 35s TLF : Geocentric conjunction in right ascension between the Moon and Saturn, dif. Dec. : -1 ° 45 ’, elongated. of Saturn : 34 ° W.
• 20/02/2020 at 5.30pm 28s TLF : the declination of Mars is at its minimum, decl. = -23 ° 40.2 ’.
• 20/02/2020 at 19h 47m 39s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation of Capricorn.
• 02/23/2020 at 00h 25m 29s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation Aquarius
• 02/23/2020 at 16h 32m 01s TLF : New Moon.
• 23/02/2020 at 19h 42m 38s TLF : Geocentric conjunction in right ascension between the Moon and Mercury, dif. Dec. : -8 ° 37 ’, elongated. solar of the Moon : 5 ° E.
• 24/02/2020 at 16h 13m 59s TLF : Geocentric conjunction in right ascension between the Moon and Neptune, dif. Dec. : -4 ° 3 ’, elongated. of the Moon : 12 ° E.
• 02/25/2020 at 13h 59m 10s TLF : the Moon enters the Pisces constellation.
• 02/26/2020 at 02h 44m 44s TLF : Mercury in lower conjunction, diam. app. : 10.6 ", lat. = + 3 ° 43.2’ .- on 02/26/2020 at 02h 59m 45s TLF : Jupiter passes through the node descending from its orbit, medium length : + 288 ° 49.4 ’.
• 02/26/2020 at 06h 27m 22s TLF : the Moon enters the constellation of the Whale.
• 02/26/2020 at 12h 34m 16s TLF : the Moon at the apogee (maximum distance to T
  source : IMCCE - Observatoire de Paris / PSL