EarthSky Tonight—September 10, Moon waxes as Venus wanes in September evening sky
Whenever the moon appears in the west at dusk and early evening, it is always a waxing crescent moon.
EarthSky Tonight—September 8, High tide alert! Closest new moon of 2010
September 8 features the closest new moon of 2010. Look for higher-than-usual tides along coastlines throughout the world.
EarthSky Tonight—September 7, Use Big Dipper to find Polaris, the North Star
Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science www.EarthSky.org Tonight’s chart shows the Polaris, the Big and Little Dippers for a September evening. Notice that a line from the two…
EarthSky Tonight—September 6, Star-hop to Sirius from Orion’s Belt
You can find Orion. Trust me. If you go outside and look southward before dawn now, you will notice Orion’s Belt, which consists of a short, straight row of medium-bright…
EarthSky Tonight—September 5, Hazy pyramid of light in east? False dawn.
The zodiacal light is a pyramid-shaped glow in the east before dawn. It is even “milkier” in appearance than the starlit trail of the summer Milky Way.
EarthSky Tonight—Tonight September 4, Orion the Hunter well up before dawn in September
Orion the Hunter is always behind the sun as seen from Earth in June. It comes back to the predawn sky every year in late July. By early September, Orion…
EarthSky Tonight—Tonight September 2, Venus sets as Jupiter rises on September evenings
The farther south you live, the later that Venus stays out after dark. That means a later rising time for Jupiter, too.
EarthSky Tonight—September 1, Venus, Mars, Spica meet in west after sunset early September
a celestial trio – the planets Venus and Mars, and the star Spica fitting within a circle that is smaller than 5 degrees in diameter.
EarthSky Tonight—August 31, Moon and Pleiades from midnight to dawn
The Pleiades cluster is often called the Seven Sisters, though most people can only see six Pleiades stars with the unaided eye. These six little starlets create the tiny dipper-shaped…
EarthSky Tonight—August 29, Closest celestial trio of 2010 in late August, early September
In a few more days, Venus and Mars will team up with the star Spica to stage this year’s closest celestial trio – three heavenly bodies fitting within a circle…