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The first full moon of the year will rise Monday.

       August means cooler evenings, a noticeable shortening of the daylight hours as we reach the midpoint between the Summer Solstice and Fall Equinox, and (hopefully) clear skies to provide some  prime sky watching conditions.  It is also the time of year when people eagerly anticipate the annual Perseid meteor shower.  The peak of this year’s Persied’s will fall in the pre-dawn hours of August 12, but increased meteor activity usually occurs several days before and after the peak.  The New Moon will take place just four days earlier on August 8, so the very young Crescent...

Credit NASA For April 2021, the last quarter moon is on April 4. The waning crescent passes below Saturn in the dawn on April 6, then below brighter Jupiter on April 7.  It is new on April 11.  The waxing crescent passes below Mars in the evening sky on April 15. First quarter moon is April 19, and the full moon, the Egg Moon, is on April 26.   Mercury is visible just below the Pleiades cluster in the northwest at the very end of the month in the evening sky.  You will start to see much brighter Venus emerge into the evening sky in early May.  Mars is the only easy planet to spot in...

Dec 21, 2020 12:29 PM Merritt Island, FL - The planets Jupiter and Saturn come as close as they have in almost 400 years tonight and the best viewing will be right after sunset in the southwestern sky.  That's according to NASA, who says that what has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky, culminating tonight. The last time the two planets were this close was in 1623, and nearly 800 years since the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter happened at night. With the astronomical event kno...

Saturn, top, and Jupiter, below, are seen after sunset from Shenandoah National Park, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in Luray, Va. The two planets are drawing closer to each other in the sky as they head towards a “great conjunction” on Dec. 21, where the two giant planets will appear a tenth of a degree apart. (NASA photograph by Bill Ingalls) Advertisement Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky over the next two weeks as the bright plane...