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Moon Grabbed by Virgo
The weather here in Tucson this past week has ranged from cloudy to mostly cloudy to overcast. In other words since it is monsoon season I should not have been surprised by the cloudiness. Sometimes...
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Moon at Ascending Node
Saturday morning 2 August at 11:26 UT (6:26 am CDT) our Moon will be crossing the plane of the ecliptic moving north. This is known as the ascending node, one of two intersections the Moon’s orbital...
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The Moon Traverses Virgo
For the next few days the Moon will travel eastward across the length of the constellation Virgo the Maiden. During those few days the Moon will be waxing from a thin crescent toward first quarter...
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Moon At ascending Node
Saturday Friday the 29th of August at 13:15 UT (8:15 am CDT) our Moon will be crossing the plane of the ecliptic moving north. This is known as the ascending node, one of two intersections the...
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Saturn, Mars, and the Moon
Click on graphic to see it full size. Sunday evening August 31st the 6.5 day young waxing crescent Moon will be close to the planets Mars and Saturn. All three objects of this triple conjunction will...
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Crescent Moon Near Two Planets
This evening, Saturday 27 September, the waxing crescent Moon will be about 0.10o away from the dwarf planet Ceres, and about 1o away from the planet Saturn. In some locations of the world ranging...
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The Moon Sees Red
Click on link to see it full size. Monday evening September 29th the waxing crescent Moon will be about 6o from the planet Mars. Mars in turn is about 3o away from its nemesis, so to speak, the...
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Venus is Superior During Moon and Saturn Conjunction
Saturday evening, October 25th the thin 2 day old waxing crescent Moon will be about 2o from the planet Saturn as they both set over the western horizon. The two should make for interesting contrast...
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Mars and the Lagoon Nebula
Click on graphic to see it full size. From my northern mid-latitude backyard this time of the year the Milky Way arcs nearly overhead stretching from north to south. Above my southern horizon is not...
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Moon Near Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1)
Click on graphic to see it full size. Monday evening October 27th the waxing crescent Moon will come within 2o of Comet Siding Spring (C2013 A1). The waxing crescent Moon with 18% of its disk...
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Moon Near Mars
Click on graphic to see it full size. Tuesday evening, November 25th the 3.5 day young waxing crescent Moon is 6-7o away from the planet Mars as this graphic shows. Click here to go...
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Neptune at East Quadrature
Click on graphic to see it full size. Thursday November 27th the position of the planet Neptune with respect to the Earth and the Sun places this ringed planet at what is called eastern quadrature....
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A Comet, the Moon, and Mars
And no, this is not the first line in a joke sentence ending with “walk into a bar!” Seriously Comet Finlay (16/P), a regular visitor to the inner solar system has been reported to have...
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ISS, The Moon, and a Comet
This evening, December 27th, weather permitting, the International Space Station should be visible as it travels across northern mid-latitudes of North America. From my location near Kansas City...
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Moon at Descending Node
Monday December 29th at 09:27 UT (3:27 am CST) our Moon will be crossing the plane of the ecliptic moving south. This is known as the descending node, one of two intersections the Moon’s orbital...
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Moon Meets Planets
This evening, Wednesday January 21st the very thin waxing crescent Moon will be ‘binocular’ close to Venus. See my post previous post for more about these two evening conjunctions....
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Moon at Descending Node
Sunday January 25th at 10:23 UT (0:23 am CST) our Moon will be crossing the plane of the ecliptic moving south. This is known as the descending node, one of two intersections the Moon’s orbital path...
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February Perigee Moon
Our Moon orbits around the Sun with the Earth and from our perspective on the Earth the Moon appears to circle around the Earth, however in reality the Moon orbits the Sun together with the Earth*....
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Moon, Mars, and Venus
Friday evening, February 20th, the 2-day young waxing crescent Moon will be within about 2o from Venus and Mars. The Moon shines at an apparent magnitude of nearly -10, Venus has an apparent...
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A Celestial 3fer!
Saturday February 21st is one of those days (actually nights) when things come together nicely and we have an evening where there will be a trio of celestial events two of which many people will...
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