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Celestial events to light up February nights

  • On Feb. 2 and 3, the waning gibbous moon passed in front of Regulus, the brightest star in Leo, in a phenomenon known as an occultation
  • On Feb. 18, the thin crescent moon marking the start of Ramadan will appear between Mercury and Venus shortly after sunset
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