Sunday, April 02, 2023

Today: Over the next 10 days to 2 weeks, Mercury makes its best evening display of the year. Our closest planet to the Sun never appears too far from the Sun, so at its best, scan the west-northwest horizon from 7:50 to 8:10 PM for a bright spark in the twilight, and...

Saturday, April 01, 2023

High in the northeast this evening, a waxing Gibbous Moon appears in the “clutches” of Leo, the Lion. Between 8:15 and 8:45 PM, as we transition from twilight to dark, you’ll see Leo’s brightest star, Regulus, well below the Moon, while the...

Saturday, April 01, 2023

Today: High in the northeast this evening, a waxing Gibbous Moon appears in the “clutches” of Leo, the Lion. Between 8:15 and 8:45 PM, as we transition from twilight to dark, you’ll see Leo’s brightest star, Regulus, well below the Moon, while...

Friday, March 31, 2023

Today: Jupiter now rises less than 3 hours after sunset, a gain of about 2 hours from the beginning of August. It climbs above the east-northeast horizon close to 10 o’clock, and reaches about one quarter of the way up by midnight, at which point it appears due...