Morning Crescent Moon 3-17-23

The Moon and Mars

Well, I didn't get up at midnight to try and take a shot of the Moon and Mars but my friend Alice, with an app on her phone, did. The way that I understand it is, tonight at midnight, Mars will be as large as the Moon. This was said by Science Info to be a a cosmic event that only happens every 35,000 years.

Planet Mars to be as big as the Moon

A cosmic event that only happens every 35,000 years: July 27, 2018, the planet Mars will be as big as the Moon

Read about it... and if you're up at midnight, look up!

The Geminid meteor shower

It peaks tonight!

See the total Eclipse - August 21st

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Full Moon last Night

100% of Full

Morning Moon 6-21-17

Waning Crescent, 11% of Full

Morning Sky 5-23-17

Crescent Moon and Venus

For all you Star Gazers

The EarthSky organization says: Before dawn on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, look very low in the east – very shortly before sunrise – for the extremely thin waning crescent moon and elusive planet Mercury. The moon will sweep 1.6 degrees south of Mercury this month; that’s about three moon diameters. Still, if you manage to catch them, they will be beautiful in the dawn light.

If you look eastward before dawn, you’ll easily notice a bright object. That’ll be Venus, which is due to shine in our dawn sky for most of the rest of 2017.

Asteroid passing Earth today

Read about the humongous asteroid passing Earth

Morning Moon 3-20-17

Crescent

52% of Full

Tonight's Moon 1-31-17

Waxing Crescent 17% of Full 

There is also a Planet near the moon tonight,  Venus?

Tonight's Full Moon 1-11-17

Thursday Night's Moon 10-13-16

96% of Full

Harvest Moon 9-16-16

Tonight's Full Moon

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Tonight's Moon

85% of Full

Early Morning Moon 6-30-16

21% of Full

Blue Moon 5-21-16

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Blue Moon definition: the second of two full moons in a single calendar month. It isn't blue in color but it sure is big. Go out and take a peek.

Mercury transits across face of Sun

The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, lower third of image, as it transits across the face of the sun Monday, May 9, 2016. Mercury passes between Earth and the sun only about 13 times a century, with the previous transit taking place in 2006.