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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…
Spica is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo the Maiden. We have also indicated the whereabouts of the constellation Corvus the Crow on today’s chart.
The waxing gibbous moon glides past the star Spica in the constellation Virgo this evening. It passes relatively close to Spica for a day or two each month that Spica…
As the moon makes its rounds through the starry heavens, its passes through every constellation of the Zodiac and by each solar system planet during the course of one sidereal…
Tonight’s moon will be visible near a bright object in our sky. It’s not a star, but a planet – Saturn, planet of the rings.
Corvus is small and compact, and so it is an easy constellation to pick out in the sky. In Greek mythology, Corvus was seen as the cupbearer to Apollo, god…
Tonight, let the Big Dipper introduce you to another bright star. This star is Spica in the constellation Virgo the Maiden
Astronomically speaking, the moon turns full tomorrow – on Wednesday, April 28 – at precisely 12:18 Universal Time (7:18 a.m. Central Time). An astronomical full moon occurs at that fleeting…
Tonight, the almost-full waxing gibbous moon sits close to Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo the Maiden. The star-like point of light above the moon this Monday evening…
Between now and April 28, you’ll see the moon nearly all night, looking close to or completely full. Tonight, you can use the moon to find a planet – Saturn,