Category: Moon
JUPITER & SATURN APPROACH
MOON, JUPITER AND SATURN
The Moon is approaching the planets Jupiter and Saturn, which will be having a great conjunction in 2020. On the evening of July 4, look for the Moon to fall into a mostly straight line with these bright planets. Be sure to look around midnight EDT to see the Moon at a maximum phases of penumbral eclipse. The next night,… Continue reading
AMERICAN ECLIPSE!
AMERICAN ECLIPSE! WHERE WILL YOU BE FOUR YEARS FROM TODAY??? Hopefully you will be in CLEVELAND, OHIO or one of many other fine locations along the path of totality. This well be the second total solar eclipse of the AMERICAN ECLIPSE CENTURY. Others will follow in 2044, 2045, 2052, 2071, 2078 and 2099. It’s not too early to start making… Continue reading
4 YEARS UNTIL TOTALITY
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE? If you’re an American and you missed totality in 2017, you probably have not! No, it’s NOT a partial solar eclipse! No, it’s NOT a lunar eclipse! Once you see a total eclipse of the Sun, you’ll never forget! And you’ll have a chance four years from today! April 8, 2024. Continue reading
EARLYBIRD SPECIAL
EARLYBIRD SPECIAL!!! Are you up before sunrise? Then be sure to check out the Old Moon this week as it passes near three bright planets — Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. Continue reading
MOON AND MARS
Mars has had a great year! After reaching blazing brilliance this summer, the Red Planet has still been a conspicuous object through the fall, hanging high at the meridian after sunset. The waxing crescent Moon will pass close to Mars in conjunction on Friday evening, December 14. This pair will be close the “circlet” asterism in Pisces and the “water… Continue reading
MOON AND MARS
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT! The Moon and Mars are in CONJUNCTION this evening, Friday, July 27! That means they line up together in the sky. This is also the same night as the OPPOSITION of Mars, when the Red Planet is opposite the Sun, so that Earth, Mars and the Sun line up in a straight line. For this reason,… Continue reading
MOON AND SATURN
On the evening of Tuesday, July 24, after night falls, look for the waxing gibbous Moon in conjunction with the planet SATURN. This pair of celestial bodies will be very near the “dome” of the “teapot” asterism of the constellation Sagittarius. This point in the sky is very close to the position of the Sun on the winter solstice. So… Continue reading
THIS WEEK! Moon and Three Planets
July,2018 is an excellent month to observe the visible outer planets. The waxing gibbous Moon aligns with bright Jupiter on the evening of Friday, July 20. After that, the Moon draws closest to the planet Saturn on the evening of Tuesday, July 24. Keep an eye on the Moon from night to night as it draws near Mars on the… Continue reading
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