FEBRUARY 2021

SUMMARY 

The phenomena of the month : FEBRUARY 2021
Times are given for SCARBOROUGH (0° 25' 5" W, 54° 16' 31" N, zone 0 Universal Time).

Date Hour Description of the phenomenon
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2021 02 01 01:29 Beginning of occultation of 3-nu Vir (magn. = 4.04)
2021 02 01 02:36 End of occultation of 3-nu Vir (magn. = 4.04)
2021 02 01 11:18 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 01 12:02 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 02 01 23:03 Opposition of the asteroid 60 Echo with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 1.993 AU; magn. = 10.0)
2021 02 02 15:54 Opposition of the asteroid 18 Melpomene with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.409 AU; magn. = 9.4)
2021 02 03 05:59 Close encounter between the Moon and Spica (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 5.4°)
2021 02 03 20:33 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 370116 km)
2021 02 04 08:06 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 04 18:37 LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2021 02 05 09:26 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2021 02 06 19:44 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2021 02 06 20:49 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 02 07 04:56 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 08 11:08 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2021 02 08 14:48 INFERIOR CONJUNCTION of Mercury with the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to centre = 3.6°)
2021 02 09 19:26 Close encounter between the Moon and Pluto (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 2.4°)
2021 02 10 01:45 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 10 15:21 Close encounter between the Moon and Saturn (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.2°)
2021 02 11 20:06 NEW MOON
2021 02 12 05:37 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 02 12 13:40 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2021 02 12 22:34 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 13 22:33 Close encounter between the Moon and Neptune (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.4°)
2021 02 14 23:59 Close encounter between Mercury and Jupiter (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.9°)
2021 02 15 19:24 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 17 14:25 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 02 17 20:21 Beginning of occultation of 24-xi Ari (magn. = 5.48)
2021 02 17 20:45 Close encounter between the Moon and Uranus (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.3°)
2021 02 17 21:28 End of occultation of 24-xi Ari (magn. = 5.48)
2021 02 18 11:22 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 404467 km)
2021 02 18 14:44 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2021 02 18 16:13 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 19 02:55 Close encounter between the Moon and Mars (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.1°)
2021 02 19 17:54 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2021 02 19 18:18 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2021 02 19 19:47 FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2021 02 20 09:00 Venus at its aphelion (distance to the Sun = 0.72824 AU)
2021 02 21 13:02 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 21 21:43 Opposition of the asteroid 29 Amphitrite with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.554 AU; magn. = 9.0)
2021 02 22 23:12 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 02 24 01:41 Close encounter between the Moon and Pollux (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.3°)
2021 02 24 09:52 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 25 03:37 Close encounter between the Moon and M 44 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.6°)
2021 02 25 04:35 End of occultation of 43-gamma Cnc, Asellus Borealis, (magn. = 4.66)
2021 02 26 22:08 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2021 02 27 06:41 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 02 27 09:17 FULL MOON
2021 02 28 08:00 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 02 28 18:20 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini

(Using Coelix Software)