Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 30, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Monday, September 29 First Quarter Moon occurs at 7:54 P.M. EDT, offering North American observers a chance to spot the so-called Maginus sunrise ray. Now in Sagittarius, the Moon remains above the horizon until close to midnight, offering several hours to watch the ray’s progress […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 21, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 ■ Fall begins today in the Northern Hemisphere at the moment of the equinox, 2:19 p.m. EDT (11:19 a.m. PDT). This is when the center of the Sun crosses Earth’s equator, and equivalently the celestial equator, in its six-month journey south from solstice […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 7, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ■ Full Moon (exactly full at 2:09 p.m. EDT). Saturn follows about 8° or 10° behind it across the sky through the night. By no coincidence, Saturn is just two weeks from its own opposition: When you face the full Moon and Saturn […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 1, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 ■ Now Antares and Delta Scorpii line up to the right of the Moon. The line points the same length the other way from the Moon to the spout of the Sagittarius Teapot. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 ■ September’s arrival means that Scorpius, that […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 18, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, AUGUST 18 ■ Titan casts its shadow on Saturn tonight. Every 15 years, Saturn’s largest moon repeatedly crosses Saturn’s face from Earth’s viewpoint — and, more visibly, casts its very tiny black shadow onto Saturn’ face. A series of these events is now under way. They will […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 28, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, JULY 27 ■ Use the low crescent Moon to guide you to Mars and Denebola in the fading twilight this evening, as shown below. At dusk across four days, the waxing crescent Moon moves from lower right of Mars to much closer lower right of […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 21, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. The waning crescent Moon in the dawn passes Venus, then Jupiter. Look before or during early dawn, while the sky is still pretty dark, to spot the horntips of Taurus a well as the rest of Taurus off the frame to the upper right. MONDAY, JULY […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 14, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY JULY 13 ■ Scorpius is sometimes called “the Orion of Summer” for its brightness, its 1st-magnitude red supergiant star, and its many blue-white giants. But Scorpius passes a lot lower across the southern sky than Orion does. So for those of us at mid-northern latitudes […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 8, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. The bright Moon crosses Scorpius and the Sagittarius Teapot for four nights. MONDAY, JULY 7 ■ To casual starwatchers or those with an obstructed northern view, Cassiopeia in July might sound as wrong as Christmas in July. But already Cas has passed its lowest evening position […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 30, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, JUNE 30 ■ After nightfall, look due south for orange Antares nearly on the meridian. Around and upper right of Antares are the other, whiter stars forming the distinctive pattern of upper Scorpius. The rest of the Scorpion runs down from Antares toward the horizon, […]
