Today:
Glowing brightly within the collection of Winter’s brightest stars, the waxing Gibbous Moon finds itself halfway up in the east at 7:30 PM, surrounded by Capella, high above, Aldebaran, the red eye of Taurus, the Bull, well right, while the even brighter Betelgeuse sits on Orion’s shoulder to the lower right. Finally, the Twins of Gemini await the Moon’s company to the lower left.
Monday:
As twilight fades to black after 5:30 this evening, the Full “Wolf” Moon enjoys one of its most intriguing encounters of the year, passing right between the Earth and Mars. Mars appears just to the lower left of the Moon to start, then as the pair rise higher, Mars disappears near 9:25 as the Moon’s orbit takes our neighbor to the lower left. Mars reappears near 10:40 on the upper right of the Moon.
Tuesday:
With the Moon just one day past Full, can you make out the “Man in the Moon” – created by the darker regions of the Moon? Another common figure is a rabbit or hare, with two long ears at the top, a body curved down the left side, and feet near the bottom.