The sky, Jan. 6-12: The Moon in the Pleiades on the 9th

By Cosmic1 on January 6, 2025   Astronomy, Galaxies, Jupiter, Moon, Out There, Planets, Space, Stars  

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 6, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, JANUARY 6 ■ First-quarter Moon (exactly first-quarter at 6:56 p.m. EST). Find the Great Square of Pegasus to the Moon’s upper right shortly after dark, and directly right of the Moon later. A diagonal through the Square points at the Moon (for evening in North America). […]