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Neptune in conjunction with the Sun. PM: Saturn sits below the Moon tonight PM: Pollux is to the left of the Moon tonight.
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PM: Regulus sits to the lower right of the Moon tonight. Full Moon (3:47 a.m.) PM: Jupiter sits below the Moon tonight.
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PM: Spica sits below the Moon tonight
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Last Quarter Moon this morning (8:40 a.m. EST)
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AM: Antares sits to the lower left of the Moon this morning.
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Moon at perigee (368,300 km)
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New Moon (4:18 a.m. EST) Uranus in conjunction with the sun today
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PM: Venus is to the upper right of the crescent Moon tonight.
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PM: Mars is less than 1° above crescent Moon PM: The Pleiades star cluster sits above the Moon tonight. PM: Aldebaran sits to the left of the Moon tonight. First Quarter Moon at 10:24 p.m. Est. Moon at apogee(404,300 km)
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PM: Saturn sits to the left of the Moon tonight.
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On This Date.......


Febuary 3, 1966
Luna 9 made 1st soft landing on Moon and
returned 1st images from another celestial body.
USSR

Febuary 5, 1974
Mariner 10 returned 1st closeup images
of Venus. US

Febuary 6, 1971
1st golf-ball hit on the Moon. US

Febuary 7, 1984
1st untethered space walk. US.1984

Febuary 11, 1970
Japan became 4th nation to launch a satellite.

Febuary 15, 1564
Galileo was born

Febuary 18, 1930
Pluto was discoverd by C. Tombaugh. US

Febuary 19, 1986
Space station MIR launched into Earth orbit
USSR

Febuary 20, 1962
Mercury Friendship 7 carried 1st US astronaut
into Earth orbit. John Glenn.

Febuary 24,1968
1st pulsar discovered. UK

Febuary 26, 1966
Apollo 1, 1st Apollo spacecraft, launched
(suborbital). US

Febuary 28, 1959
1st Earth polar orbit achieved. US