EarthSky | The star Sirius rings in the New Year
The Dog Star Sirius reaches its highest point in the sky around midnight every New Year's Eve. For this reason, it could also be called the New Year's star.
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The Dog Star Sirius reaches its highest point in the sky around midnight every New Year's Eve. For this reason, it could also be called the New Year's star.
The December full moon is called the Cold Moon, Moon Before Yule, or Long Night Moon. It crosses high in
We reach the December solstice on December 21, 2021, at 15:59 UTC. High summer for the Southern Hemisphere and more sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere!
Look for Mercury before sunrise! Greatest elongation happens October 25. This is the Northern Hemisphere's best Mercury apparition of 2021.
perigean new moon or perigean full moon. That’s probably why the term supermoon has entered the popular culture. For example, Supermoon is the title track of Sophie Hunger’s 2015 album. It’s a nice song! Check it out. The hype aspect of supermoons probably stems from an erroneous impression people had when the word supermoon came into popular usage … maybe a few decades ago? Some people mistakenly believed a full supermoon would look much, much bigger to the eye. It doesn’t. Full supermoons don’t look bigger to the eye than ordinary full moons, although experienced observers ...