Sky Tonight—March 21, As Mercury sets, zodiacal light shines faintly in western sky
Zodiacal light looks like a large but faint milky-colored pyramid of light with its apex reaching perhaps halfway up the sky.
Sky Tonight—Feb 21, Zodiacal light is glowing pyramid in west after dark
March evenings present the best time of year to see zodiacal light in the northern hemisphere evening sky
EarthSky Tonight—Oct. 5, Glowing pyramid of light in east might be false dawn
You need a dark sky location to see the zodiacal light, somewhere where city lights are not obscuring the natural lights in the sky. The zodiacal light is a pyramid-shaped…
EarthSky Tonight—September 5, Hazy pyramid of light in east? False dawn.
The zodiacal light is a pyramid-shaped glow in the east before dawn. It is even “milkier” in appearance than the starlit trail of the summer Milky Way.