A full moon will rise in the sky this week but will it still be that way by the time Valentine's Day rolls around? No, but it ...
The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...
February is a close second with average snowfall of 4.1 inches. The full moon comes amid a "planet parade" in the sky. NASA defines those as being able to see multiple planets at once. In total, six ...
Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...
Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to ...
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).
The Moon passes 0.3° south of the bright red giant star Antares at 7 P.M. EST. However, the pair isn’t visible this evening, as they’ll rise in the early-morning sky, so we’ll feature them ...
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A bonus to the show is that stars Castor and Pollux, Mars and the moon will form a nearly straight line in the night sky. Again, the moon's brightness might make seeing these two stars difficult.