February 2027 at a glance: Feb 3: Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (18°); Feb 6: Annular solar eclipse; Feb 11: Jupiter at opposition; Feb 19: Mars at opposition. Planets from New York: evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus, Jupiter.
Feb3
Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (18°)
Feb6
Annular solar eclipse
Feb11
Jupiter at opposition
Feb19
Mars at opposition
Moon phases
Moon at 0h UTC each day
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
126%
218%
312%
46%
53%
6New
70%
82%
95%
1010%
1117%
1226%
1336%
14First Quarter
1558%
1669%
1779%
1888%
1994%
20Full
21100%
2298%
2394%
2488%
2580%
2671%
2762%
28Last Quarter
Phase
UTC
New York
London
Sydney
New Moon
Feb 6, 15:56 UTC
Sat Feb 6, 10:56 am
Sat Feb 6, 3:56 pm
Sun Feb 7, 2:56 am
First Quarter
Feb 14, 07:58 UTC
Sun Feb 14, 2:58 am
Sun Feb 14, 7:58 am
Sun Feb 14, 6:58 pm
Full Moon
Snow Moon; 363,306 km away
Feb 20, 23:23 UTC
Sat Feb 20, 6:23 pm
Sat Feb 20, 11:23 pm
Sun Feb 21, 10:23 am
Last Quarter
Feb 28, 05:16 UTC
Sun Feb 28, 12:16 am
Sun Feb 28, 5:16 am
Sun Feb 28, 4:16 pm
Planets
at least 5° up, Sun 6° down
Pick a city. The chart runs from 4 pm to 8 am local time for each night of the month; coloured bars show when each planet is up in a dark sky.
From New York: evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus, Jupiter.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Evening, until about Feb 11
west-southwest, 10° up at dusk; below 5° by 6:10 pm (on the 6th)
3.3
Aquarius
Venus
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 5:10 am; southeast, 16° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-4.2
Sagittarius
Mars
From late evening, all month
6:20 pm–6:20 am, highest 64° (on the 15th)
-1.2
Leo
Jupiter
All night, all month
highest (65°) around 11:50 pm (on the 15th)
-2.6
Leo
Saturn
Evening, all month
west-southwest, 34° up at dusk; below 5° by 8:40 pm (on the 15th)
0.8
Cetus
From London: evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus, Mars, Jupiter.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Evening, until about Feb 11
west-southwest, 8° up at dusk; below 5° by 6:00 pm (on the 6th)
3.3
Aquarius
Venus
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 6:00 am; southeast, 9° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-4.2
Sagittarius
Mars
All night, all month
highest (53°) around 12:40 am (on the 15th)
-1.2
Leo
Jupiter
All night, all month
highest (54°) around 11:50 pm (on the 15th)
-2.6
Leo
Saturn
Evening, all month
southwest, 30° up at dusk; below 5° by 8:40 pm (on the 15th)
0.8
Cetus
From Toronto: evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus, Mars, Jupiter.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Evening, until about Feb 11
west-southwest, 9° up at dusk; below 5° by 6:30 pm (on the 6th)
3.3
Aquarius
Venus
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 5:40 am; southeast, 14° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-4.2
Sagittarius
Mars
All night, all month
highest (61°) around 1:00 am (on the 15th)
-1.2
Leo
Jupiter
All night, all month
highest (62°) around 12:10 am (on the 15th)
-2.6
Leo
Saturn
Evening, all month
west-southwest, 33° up at dusk; below 5° by 9:00 pm (on the 15th)
0.8
Cetus
From Sydney: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Before dawn, from about Feb 25
above 5° from 6:00 am; east, 9° up at dawn (on the 27th)
3.3
Aquarius
Venus
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 3:40 am; east, 33° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-4.2
Sagittarius
Mars
From late evening, all month
8:50 pm–6:00 am, highest 41° (on the 15th)
-1.2
Leo
Jupiter
Most of the night, all month
east-northeast, 9° up at dusk; below 5° by 5:40 am (on the 15th)
-2.6
Leo
Saturn
Evening, all month
west-northwest, 19° up at dusk; below 5° by 9:20 pm (on the 15th)
0.8
Cetus
Dates to note
Feb3
Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (18°)
Feb 3, 06:10 UTC. Mercury is as far from the Sun as it gets on this pass, 18°, in the evening sky after sunset. Mercury is always low in twilight: look low toward the west.
Feb6
New Moon
Feb 6, 15:56 UTC. The dark-sky window: the best week for faint objects and meteors.
Feb6
Annular solar eclipse
Greatest eclipse Feb 6, 15:59 UTC. Not visible from New York, London, Toronto or Sydney. Times and map →
Feb8
The Moon near Mercury (0.3°)
Feb 8, around 04h UTC. Closest as seen from Earth's centre; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°. If that moment falls in your daytime, look the evening before or after.
Feb11
Jupiter at opposition
Feb 11, 00:28 UTC. Jupiter is opposite the Sun: up all night, rising at sunset, and at its brightest for the year. Distance 4.36 au (652 million km).
Feb14
The Moon near the Pleiades (1.1°)
Feb 14, around 16h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Feb18
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Feb 18, 16:10 UTC. Mercury passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in the glare for a while.
Feb19
Mars at opposition
Feb 19, 15:50 UTC. Mars is opposite the Sun: up all night, rising at sunset, and at its brightest for the year. Distance 0.68 au (101 million km).
Feb20
The Moon near Jupiter (1.1°)
Feb 20, around 05h UTC. Closest as seen from Earth's centre; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°. If that moment falls in your daytime, look the evening before or after.
Feb20
The Moon near Regulus (1.3°)
Feb 20, around 20h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Feb20
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Greatest eclipse Feb 20, 23:12 UTC. Visible from New York, London, Toronto. Penumbral and very faint: hard to notice even where the Moon is up. Times and map →
Feb20
Full Moon
Feb 20, 23:23 UTC. Snow Moon.
Feb24
The Moon near Spica (2.7°)
Feb 24, around 15h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Feb28
The Moon near Antares (0.4°)
Feb 28, around 06h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Times in UTC. Separations are geocentric (from Earth's centre). Pairings closer than 3° (planets) or 4° (the Moon and a planet) are listed when the planets are at least 15° from the Sun.
Meteor showers
No major shower is active this month; a few sporadic meteors an hour are always possible from a dark site.
Space station passes
The ISS and Tiangong orbits are only predictable about six weeks ahead, so pass windows for February 2027 appear here once that month is close. Today's passes: ISS tonight, Tiangong tonight.
Your hemisphere
United States
New York
5:30 pmsunset (15th)
6:48 amsunrise (16th)
10 h 10 minfull darkness
Over the month the nights are getting shorter (−70 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 28th). Planets: evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus, Jupiter.
Over the month the nights are getting shorter (−90 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 28th). Planets: evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus, Mars, Jupiter.
Over the month the nights are getting shorter (−80 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 28th). Planets: evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus, Mars, Jupiter.
Over the month the nights are getting longer (+70 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 28th). Planets: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus. From the southern hemisphere the Moon's lit side is mirrored compared with the calendar above, and the planets arc across the northern sky.
Feb 20, 23:23 UTC (Feb 20, 6:23 pm in New York, Feb 20, 11:23 pm in London). Traditional name: Snow Moon.
When is the new Moon in February 2027?
Feb 6, 15:56 UTC. The nights around it are the darkest of the month.
What planets are visible in February 2027?
From New York: evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus, Jupiter. From Sydney: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus. The tables above give times and directions for each city.
Is there an eclipse in February 2027?
Annular solar eclipse on Feb 6, 15:59 UTC; Penumbral lunar eclipse on Feb 20, 23:12 UTC, visible from New York, London, Toronto.
Computed by us from JPL's DE440 planetary ephemeris with Skyfield: phases, positions, magnitudes (Mallama & Hilton), separations, equinoxes and solstices. Full Moon names are the traditional North American ones. Meteor showers: International Meteor Organization. Eclipses: Fred Espenak, NASA GSFC. Planet times ignore hills and buildings; a planet 5° up needs a clear, low horizon.