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SkyWatch: February 2026
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Tue, 2026 Feb 17 01:52 UT)
RA 22 00 32.7Dec -12 10 50.1
X 0.838339
Y -0.479883
Z -0.208025
R 0.988117
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2026 Feb 16 | 05:18 | 05:48 | 06:20 | 06:47 | 17:38 | 18:05 | 18:36 | 19:07 |
| 2026 Feb 17 | 05:16 | 05:47 | 06:18 | 06:45 | 17:39 | 18:06 | 18:37 | 19:08 |
| 2026 Feb 18 | 05:15 | 05:46 | 06:17 | 06:44 | 17:40 | 18:07 | 18:39 | 19:09 |
Moon Information
Currently (Tue, 2026 Feb 17 01:52 UT)
RA 21 44 45.9Selected Positions for February 2026
Dec -15 04 29.5
Phase -0.002 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.947 degrees
Diameter 30.95 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 4WLocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2026 Feb 16 06:32 11:41 17:13 2026 Feb 17 06:59 12:28 18:25 2026 Feb 18 07:23 13:14 19:37 Phases for 2026
New First Full Last
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44
Feb 17 2026 12:02 Feb 24 2026 12:28 Mar 03 2026 11:39 Mar 11 2026 09:39
Mar 19 2026 01:24 Mar 25 2026 19:18 Apr 02 2026 02:12 Apr 10 2026 04:52
Apr 17 2026 11:52 Apr 24 2026 02:32 May 01 2026 17:24 May 09 2026 21:11
May 16 2026 20:01 May 23 2026 11:12 May 31 2026 08:45 Jun 08 2026 10:01
Jun 15 2026 02:54 Jun 21 2026 21:56 Jun 29 2026 23:57 Jul 07 2026 19:30
Jul 14 2026 09:44 Jul 21 2026 11:06 Jul 29 2026 14:36 Aug 06 2026 02:22
Aug 12 2026 17:37 Aug 20 2026 02:47 Aug 28 2026 04:19 Sep 04 2026 07:52
Sep 11 2026 03:27 Sep 18 2026 20:44 Sep 26 2026 16:49 Oct 03 2026 13:26
Oct 10 2026 15:50 Oct 18 2026 16:13 Oct 26 2026 04:12 Nov 01 2026 20:29
Nov 09 2026 07:02 Nov 17 2026 11:48 Nov 24 2026 14:54 Dec 01 2026 06:09
Dec 09 2026 00:52 Dec 17 2026 05:43 Dec 24 2026 01:29 Dec 30 2026 19:00
Jan 07 2027 20:25 Jan 15 2027 20:35 Jan 22 2027 12:18 Jan 29 2027 10:56Planet Information
Currently (Tue, 2026 Feb 17 01:52 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 22 00 32.7 -12 10 50.1
Opposition 10 00 32.7 +12 10 50.1 180E 17:34 00:11 06:47
Mercury 23 06 25.3 -05 11 05.7 18E 07:36 13:17 19:03
Venus 22 40 22.2 -09 58 29.4 10E 07:26 12:52 18:19
Mars 21 26 50.5 -16 10 30.9 9W 06:29 11:35 16:49
Jupiter 07 07 29.6 +22 51 42.7 138E 14:02 21:17 04:33
Saturn 00 03 18.7 -01 58 43.6 32E 08:25 14:14 20:04
Uranus 03 39 42.3 +19 20 40.5 89E 10:48 17:50 00:52
Neptune 00 03 04.0 -01 05 42.4 32E 08:21 14:14 20:07
Pluto 20 28 29.2 -23 01 01.3 24W 05:49 10:29 15:01
Feb 01 2026 Feb 16 2026 Feb 28 2026
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Sun 20 56 53.5 -17 15 26.3 21 56 39.6 -12 31 38.1 23 41 48.2 -01 58 10.2
Opposition 08 56 53.5 +17 15 26.3 180E 09 56 39.6 +12 31 38.1 180E 11 41 48.2 +01 58 10.2 180E
Mercury 21 28 37.2 -16 52 32.3 8E 23 01 49.6 -05 54 59.1 17E 22 40 17.2 -06 03 32.8 16W
Venus 21 22 47.7 -16 47 04.3 6E 22 35 39.3 -10 26 33.1 10E 00 43 55.3 +03 36 52.3 16E
Mars 20 36 07.3 -19 41 14.3 5W 21 23 43.3 -16 25 04.9 9W 22 48 32.6 -08 44 47.5 15W
Jupiter 07 13 50.7 +22 39 32.0 155E 07 07 48.3 +22 51 07.7 139E 07 04 15.0 +22 58 32.8 110E
Saturn 23 57 08.8 -02 40 41.1 47E 00 02 54.2 -02 01 28.6 33E 00 15 05.6 -00 40 48.0 8E
Uranus 03 39 25.2 +19 19 24.8 105E 03 39 39.6 +19 20 30.3 90E 03 42 13.7 +19 29 29.0 63E
Neptune 00 01 16.9 -01 17 41.5 48E 00 02 56.7 -01 06 30.6 33E 00 06 37.3 -00 42 21.4 6E
Pluto 20 26 22.6 -23 06 22.8 9W 20 28 21.5 -23 01 19.8 23W 20 31 32.9 -22 54 30.0 51W