by FLEK Admin | Dec 5, 2025 | NightSky
Today: This evening, the Moon rises in the east-northeast, appearing just above the feet of the Gemini Twins, which are oriented horizontally. Farther toward the north, and closer to the heads of the Twins, appears Jupiter, presently the brightest object in the night...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 4, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Full “Cold” Moon rises well to the north of east, and rides a very high path across the skies, located near where the summer sun is found. All Full Moons are opposite the Sun’s location, thus the reverse is true in summer, with the Moon...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 3, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Moon appears Full to the unaided eye, but it’s still 24 from the specifc moment of Full, when it is directly opposite the Sun. The Moon rises to one third of the way up and due east at 6:30 this evening, its light washing out the faint cluster of...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 2, 2025 | NightSky
Today: During the next 10 days, the morning twilight welcomes one of our better views o Mercury, from about 6 until 6:25, low in the southeast. Mercury passed between the Sun and Earth November 20th, and is now curving out toward its maximum separation from the Sun on...
by FLEK Admin | Dec 1, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Moon continues to grow larger in the evenings, but it won’t interfere with some interesting planet viewing. Saturn, cresting due south this evening at 6:50, will be joined about a half hour later by the even brighter Jupiter, rising in the...
by FLEK Admin | Nov 30, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Orion has been rising earlier and earlier all month. With a level view to the east-northeast, the constellation is fully risen by 8 PM, with the belt above the horizon by 7:30, while on November first this took until around 9 o’clock. By mid January the belt...
