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Aries often comes first because this constellation marked the sun’s location at the time of the spring equinox between about 1800 B.C. and 1 A.D. Its relationship to the coming…
When is the best time to see the moon in the sky during daylight hours?”
Why does the Full Harvest Moon in particular – the full moon closest to the autumn equinox – bring about dusk-till-dawn moonlight for several nights in succession?
September 2010 presents the only time in your lifetime that you will be able to witness the moon and Jupiter’s simultaneous all-night appearance on the equinox
For people living around 40 degrees north latitude, the latest sunsets of the year happen around now. That is in spite of the fact that the longest (or shortest) day…
The latest sunsets come after the summer solstice because the day is more than 24 hours long at this time of the year.
The ecliptic on this sky chart represents the Earth’s orbital plane projected onto the stellar sphere. Tonight’s moon and three key stars – Antares, Zubenelgenubi and Spica – enable you…
Can you find the star that is shining close to the big and bright waxing gibbous moon tonight? That is Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion.
onight, the waxing gibbous moon shines in front of the constellation Gemini, and is flanked by two beautiful stars. To the north of the moon is Capella, the beacon star…
The rather wide waxing crescent moon will be shining in between two brilliant stars tonight. Capella, the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, will be beaming north of the moon,…