- Earth & Sky Calendar
Earth & Sky Calendar for Week of Feb 3 - 9
Tue Feb 4 - Jupiter goes direct
Wed Feb 5 - Feast Day of Tyche/Fortuna/Wyrd/St.Agatha: a day favorable for fortune telling/divination
Thur Feb 6 - Moon conjunct Jupiter
Sat Feb 8 - Moon rides high
Sun Feb 9 - Feast Day of Apollo, God of the Sun, as the days begin to get longer/lighter...Moon conjunct Mars...Sun/Mercury superior conjunction
Jupiter is overhead near the mid-heaven at nightfall close to Aldebaran, the eye of the bull in Taurus
Mars is rising around dark falling in a line with Castor and Pollux, the twin stars of Gemini
Saturn is dim in the southwestern sky at nightfall in
sidereal Aquarius and close to bright Venus. This is a good way to locate the dim stars of Aquarius!
Venus is the bright "star" visible in southwestern sky at dusk.