Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 4, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, May 3 Venus officially passes 7° north of Aldebaran at 3 A.M. EDT this morning. But the bigger story occurs late tonight, as the Moon rises around 10:30 P.M. local daylight time in northwestern Scorpius and passes 0.5° south of Alpha (α) Scorpii, better […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 26, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, April 26 Let’s look north this evening to examine a strange star: Gamma (γ) Cassiopeiae, which sits at the central peak of the famous W in Cassiopeia the Queen. Shining at magnitude 2.2, although it is quite bright, this sun has no official name […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 19, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, April 19 The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit, at 2:56 A.M. EDT. At that time, our satellite will be 224,707 miles (361,631 kilometers) from Earth. The Moon passes 5° north of Venus at 5 A.M. EDT, then passes […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 6, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, April 5 After rounding the Sun in January, Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś) is now headed back out to the depths of the solar system. This may be your last chance to see it, too, especially as it’s fading fast following a possible disruption of […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 30, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, March 29 The Moon passes 0.3° north of Leo’s alpha star, Regulus, at 4 P.M. EDT. By the time darkness falls, our satellite stands about 3.5° east of this bright star. Shining at magnitude 1.4, Regulus sits nearly on the ecliptic — the imaginary […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 22, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, March 22 Neptune reaches conjunction with the Sun at 7 A.M. EDT; it will reappear in mid-April in the morning sky. The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit, at 7:40 A.M. EDT, when it will be 227,954 miles (366,856 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 15, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, March 15 The distant ice giant Uranus is located in Taurus right now, not far from the famous (and easy-to-find) Pleiades star cluster, cataloged as M45. Tonight, the planet also sits a short distance due south of a 6th-magnitude field star of roughly the […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 8, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Saturday, March 7 Mercury reaches inferior conjunction with the Sun at 6 A.M. EST, rendering the small planet invisible for now. It will reappear in the morning sky later this month. Today, however, our focus is on the evening sky as Venus and Saturn sit […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 23, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, February 22 A lovely crescent Moon is visible nearly all evening, setting around local midnight. If you’ve got a telescope, tonight is a great opportunity to view a famous trio of craters just south of the lunar equator and a bit west of Mare […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 16, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, February 15 The Moon passes 0.9° north of Pluto at 10 A.M. EST. This evening, Saturn passes 0.9° south of Neptune at 11 P.M. EST. The two planets stand together in Pisces, located in the west after sunset. An hour after the Sun goes […]
