Portal:Astronomy/Events/February 2012
All times UT unless otherwise specified.
 February 2012
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| Date | Time | Celestial Object | Category | Event | Mathematical Values | Notes |
| 03 February | 06:00 | Moon | Lunar node | Moon at descending node | Diameter = 30.0 ' Furthest North (22.4) |
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| Venus | Constellation | Venus enters into the Constellation Pisces | ||||
| 07 February | 21:56 | Moon | Lunar Phases | Full moon | Diameter = 30.9 ' | |
| 08:00 | Mercury | Conjunction | Mercury at superior conjunction | Diameter = 4.8 " | ||
| 08 February | Meteoroid | Meteor shower | Alpha Centaurids peak | |||
| 12:00 | Saturn | Stationary | Saturn at western stationary point | Diameter = 17.7 " | ||
| 10 February | Mercury | Constellation | Mercury enters into the Constellation Aquarius | |||
| 02:00 | Venus | Conjunction of Planets | Venus 0.3º north of Uranus | 19 arcminutes | ||
| 11 February | 18:33 | Moon | Apsis | Moon at perigee | Diameter = 32.5 ' Moon-Earth Distance = 367 928 kms |
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| 13 February | Sun | Constellation | Sun enters into the Constellation Aquarius | |||
| Moon | Conjunction of Planets with the Moon | Saturn 5.9º north of Moon | ||||
| 14 February | 06:00 | Mercury | Conjunction of Planets | Mercury 1.2º south of Neptune | ||
| 17:00 | Moon | Lunar Phases | Last Quarter Moon | Diameter = 32.2 ' | ||
| 16 February | 08:00 | Moon | Lunar node | Moon at ascending node | Diameter = 32.0 ' Furthest South (- 22.3) |
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| Mars | Apsis | Mars at aphelion | Diameter = 13.1 " | |||
| 17 February | 20:00 | Moon | Conjunction of Planets with the Moon | Pluto 1.5º north of Moon | ||
| 19 February | 20:00 | Neptune | Conjunction | Neptune at superior conjunction | Diameter = 2.2 " | |
| 21 February | 18:00 | Moon | Conjunction of Planets with the Moon | Neptune 5.5º south of Moon | ||
| 22:37 | Moon | Lunar Phases | New moon | Diameter = 30.5 ' | ||
| 23 February | 00:00 | Moon | Conjunction of Planets with the Moon | Mercury 5.6º south of Moon | ||
| 24 February | 08:00 | Moon | Conjunction of Planets with the Moon | Uranus 5.3º south of Moon | ||
| 25 February | 19:00 | Moon | Conjunction of Planets with the Moon | Venus 3.1º south of Moon | ||
| 27 February | 03:00 | Moon | Conjunction of Planets with the Moon | Jupiter 3.8º south of Moon | ||
| 14:03 | Moon | Apsis | Moon at apogee | Diameter = 29.5 ' Moon-Earth Distance = 404 842 kms |
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| Mercury | Constellation | Mercury enters into the Constellation Pisces | ||||
| 29 February | Venus | Constellation | Venus enters into the Constellation Aries | |||