DON’T FORGET!!! GO OUTSIDE TONIGHT!!! SEE THE MOON PASSING THE BRIGHT “STAR” JUPITER!!! The planet Jupiter is the very bright “star” near the waxing gibbous Moon tonight, Monday, March 2. After nightfall tonight, be sure to go outside and take a look! The precise time of closest approach is 8:00 UT March 3, which is midnight PST. This event… Continue reading
On the evening of Wednesday, February 25, there will be a VERY close conjunction of the First Quarter Moon with the bright star Aldebaran, in Taurus. This event will favor eastern North America, so folks in the eastern time zone of the USA and Canada will have the best view. Europeans will be able to see the approach of… Continue reading
MOON AND ALDEBARAN: As night falls over eastern North America, go outside and see the First Quarter Moon sitting on top of the bright star Aldebaran. Then go outside in another hour to notice the movement of the Moon compared to this star. Continue reading
TRIO: VENUS, MARS & THE MOON… The brilliant Evening Star VENUS has been blazing in the evening sky. The red planet MARS has been drawing closer to Venus, as it prepares to disappear into the sunset. Soon thereafter, Mars will move behind the Sun in its orbit, as seen from Earth. Venus and Mars come together TONIGHT, the evening… Continue reading
The planet Jupiter is the very bright “star” near the Full Moon tonight, February 3. After nightfall tonight, be sure to go outside and take a look! (FYI, the Moon passes Jupiter every other month of the year, but only when Jupiter is near opposition does the FULL MOON pass Jupiter. At this time, both the Moon and Jupiter… Continue reading
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT! After night falls tonight (Wednesday), look for the Moon rising in the east within 5 degrees (10 lunar diameters) of the bright planet JUPITER! Continue reading
The Second “Blood Moon” of the Tetrad The lunar eclipse of October 8 has been hailed as the “second Blood Moon” of the current tetrad of lunar eclipses. We discussed this in a previous article in which we analyzed the circumstances of this eclipse tetrad and expressed doubt as to this being a meaningful event with respect to eschatology and… Continue reading
“Blood Moon”? An eclipse of the Moon occurs when the Moon enters the Earth’s shadow. The best eclipses are when the Moon enters the Earth’s umbra, or full shadow. There is a stage of every partial and total eclipse when the Moon passes through the penumbra, or partial shadow of the Earth. This stage is hard to even notice, and… Continue reading
