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February Cross-Quarter 2012

Halfway between a solstice and an equinox, a few days after the festival of Imbolc.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

10:22 UTC

Ecliptic longitude 315°

The Sun reaches ecliptic longitude 315°, halfway from the December Solstice to the March Equinox. It falls a few days after the Gaelic festival of Imbolc (IM-bolk), traditionally kept on Feb 1.

See it on the figureAbout February Cross-Quarter, and every year

Around the world

UTCSat, Feb 410:22UTC
HonoluluSat, Feb 412:22 AMUTC−10
Los AngelesSat, Feb 42:22 AMUTC−8
DenverSat, Feb 43:22 AMUTC−7
ChicagoSat, Feb 44:22 AMUTC−6
New YorkSat, Feb 45:22 AMUTC−5
São PauloSat, Feb 48:22 AMUTC−2
LondonSat, Feb 410:22 AMUTC
Paris, BerlinSat, Feb 411:22 AMUTC+1
CairoSat, Feb 412:22 PMUTC+2
MoscowSat, Feb 42:22 PMUTC+4
DubaiSat, Feb 42:22 PMUTC+4
IndiaSat, Feb 43:52 PMUTC+5:30
BangkokSat, Feb 45:22 PMUTC+7
Beijing, SingaporeSat, Feb 46:22 PMUTC+8
TokyoSat, Feb 47:22 PMUTC+9
SydneySat, Feb 49:22 PMUTC+11
AucklandSat, Feb 411:22 PMUTC+13

February Cross-Quarter in other years