February Skies Of The Gulf Coast
A Rosette Nebula. For February 2021, the Moon is last quarter on Feb. 4, and new on Feb. 11. The waxing crescent passes just south of Mars on Feb. 18, and is first quarter the following evening. The full moon is the Hunger or Wolf Moon, and is on Feb. 27. Except for Mars, all the planets lie too close to the sun for easy observation this month. Even Mars is disappointing telescopically, for the earth has left it far behind since the close opposition last fall, and it is only a tiny red disk high in the evening sky in Aries at nightfall. But next month Jupiter and Saturn return to ...
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