by FLEK Admin | Dec 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tonight’s half Moon, or Last Quarter, rises in the east at midnight, pushed just ahead of the constellation Virgo. The Moon will ride across the southern sky during the predawn hours. Through mid-morning, it will remain visible in the west-southwest,...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Mercury remains near its best morning view position for the year, low in the southeast, about one hand-width above a level horizon at 6 o’clock, rising to almost two hand-widths by 6:30, as the Sun’s growing twilight overwhelms our swiftest planet....
by FLEK Admin | Dec 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: In the east-northeast at around 10 PM, the breast of Leo the Lion, marked by its brightest star Regulus, appears to push before it the rising Gibbous Moon. It’s interesting to note that the Sun passes Regulus in late August. Connecting that to this...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Before the waning Gibbous Moon takes to the skies this evening, notice Orion climbing into the east and southeast, his three bright belt stars nearly vertical. It always reminds me of Robert Frost’s poetic description of Orion, who “always comes up...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The waning Gibbous Moon has now dropped to the lower left of Jupiter, which still appears below Gemini Twins, changing their orientation through the night, as the Twins crest due south tomorrow morning at 2 AM. At that point, Jupiter shines to the lower left of...
