by FLEK Admin | Mar 15, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Ides of March meant the middle of March to the Romans, and specifically the night of the Full Moon, because their calendar was a lunar calendar. The Full Moon from last night would actually be this month’s “ides”, however, today’s...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 14, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Tonight’s skies are lit up by the Full “Sap” Moon, sometimes called the Full “Worm” Moon, thought – technically, the Moon was Full during last night’s total lunar eclipse. It may take a few to several weeks before we...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 13, 2025 | NightSky
Today: A total eclipse of the Full Moon will occur tonight, for the first time since November 8, 2022. The partial phase of the eclipse will occur after midnight, at 1:09 AM EDT on the 14th. The totality phase begins at 2:26 AM and ends at 3:32 AM; when the partial...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 12, 2025 | NightSky
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...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The nearly Full Moon rises out of the early evening dusk at around 5:45 PM. Rising with it, but not emerging, until about an hour later, is the constellation Leo, which appears just above the Moon. Of the stars in Leo, the one closest to the Moon is the...
by FLEK Admin | Mar 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Scorpion is making his usual predawn appearance as winter enters its final weeks. From 2:30 to 5:30 AM EDT, this “S”-shaped constellation climbs into the southeast, with its red star Antares due south at 6:00 AM, with its head and claws to the...
