Tuesday, March 07, 2023

Today: Tonight’s skies are lit up by the Full “Sap” Moon, sometimes called the Full “Worm” Moon. It won’t be long before we start seeing worms emerging from the thawing ground, but the Sap Moon seems to fit better, with steam...

Monday, March 06, 2023

Today: Cassiopeia, the Queen, is a w-shaped constellation in the north-northeast this evening. The picture of the Queen is often one of her sitting on her throne, this time of year laying on its back with the legs toward your right. Tuesday: Just before midnight in...

Monday, March 06, 2023

Today: The brightest star in the sky, Sirius, sparkles in the south as twilight fades by 8 o’clock, sliding into the southwest through the course of the evening, one of the first stars out as twilight fades. Its brilliance is due, in part to its relative...

Sunday, March 05, 2023

Today: With the waning Moon not rising until 10:30 this evening, we’ve got an hour between 9:30 and 10:30 to look to the top of the sky for the head of an old, classic constellation, Draco, the Dragon. His two eyes sparkle as modestly bright stars, then his neck...

Sunday, March 5, 2023

A nearly Full Moon will appear late this afternoon, and edge up to about one third of the way above the eastern horizon by 7 o’clock this evening, by which time it will be dark enough to find the Moon’s companion for the night, the star Regulus, the...

Sunday, March 05, 2023

Today: A nearly Full Moon will appear late this afternoon, and edge up to about one third of the way above the eastern horizon by 7 o’clock this evening, by which time it will be dark enough to find the Moon’s companion for the night, the star Regulus, the...