Here’s exactly when, where and how to see a beautiful crescent moon grow in the southwestern sky after dark every night this ...
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 18: Io, Europa, and their shadows cross Jupiter The Moon and Venus hang close together in the predawn sky, sharing ...
A celestial event called a conjunction featured the moon, Venus, and the star Regulus on Sept. 19. The trio will still be shining on Sept. 20, but Venus and Regulus will be further from the moon. The ...
A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...
One of the best naked-eye stargazing sights of the year is on offer to skywatchers this week — if you can rise before the sun Friday (Sept. 19). Just before sunrise, the crescent moon, the brilliant ...
Watch this stunning pairing in the pre-dawn sky. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A pairing-off of the brightest planet and a ...
In 2026 we will see a total eclipse of the Moon, a blue Moon, a supermoon and the two brightest planets close together in the ...
Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will see the lunar disk pass ...
The moon-planet-star trio are among the brightest objects in our solar system, meaning the impending conjunction should be incredibly easy to spot. A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at ...
Dwarf planet Ceres reached its stationary point on August 15th, transitioning from eastward to westward motion relative to background stars, observable in the morning sky. On August 16th, a Last ...
The Moon passes 0.8° north of Venus and 1.3° north of magnitude 1.4 Regulus at 8 A.M. EDT, all with Venus less than 0.5° from Regulus as well. The trio rises together around 4:30 A.M. local daylight ...