TODAY'S RISE AND SET 
BOSTON, MA
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SUNRISE
6:55 A.M.
MOONRISE
1:53 P.M. |
SUNSET
5:02 P.M.
MOONSET
4:20 A.M. |
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FEBRUARY SKY EVENTS
Bright Venus floats higher each day as evening twilight ends. Jupiter, in Aries, is halfway up the southwestern sky at nightfall and remains visible for a few hours. Mars, brightening explosively, retrogrades through Leo. At midmonth, the Red Planet rises at around 8:00 P.M. The Moon passes closely above Venus on the 25th and to the right of Jupiter on the 26th. Leap Day, the 29th, shifts the calendar so that 2012's equinoxes and solstices occur earlier than in any year since 1896. |
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MOON PHASES FOR THIS WEEK
To see moon phases for the whole month, click here 
| FULL MOON NAMES |
January |
Full Wolf Moon |
February |
Full Snow Moon |
March |
Full Worm Moon |
April |
Full Pink Moon |
May |
Full Flower Moon |
June |
Full Strawberry Moon |
| To see more names, click here |
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FASCINATING FACT
Light travels at a speed of 186,262 miles per second. A light-year is the distance that light can travel in a vacuum (such as space) in a year, which is about 6 trillion miles. Our Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years across. |
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This month:
FULL SNOW
MOON
February 7, 4:54 P.M. (Eastern Time)
Usually the heaviest snows fall in February, and hunting becomes very difficult. Some Native American tribes called this the full Hunger Moon. |
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SEASONS |
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For centuries, people have watched the sky for the changes of seasons and then celebrated with colorful rituals.
 how you celebrate the different seasons?
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Solstices and Equinoxes
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Travel in Time
Visit these ancient seasonal markers: |
Stonehenge, England
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Chichén Itzá Mexico
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Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Solstice Project
Exploratorium
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CATCH SATURN'S RINGS |
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Saturn will be especially visible in 2031. Click here if you can't wait.
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Once Upon a Moon...
What image do you see in the full Moon?
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GIANT JUPITER |
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Jupiter’s surface is covered clouds of many colors--red, brown, yellow, and white! The clouds move in light and dark bands around the planet. See Jupiter rotating!
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Did You Know?
On a clear night look up at the sky and connect some stars to create an original constellation. Make up a story about it and share it with other kids.
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