First Quarter Moon
The Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
The Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
World Space Week is the largest space event on Earth. More than 8,000 events in 96 countries celebrated “The Moon: Gateway to the Stars” last year. This year the theme […]
The planet Mercury is a Perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) on July 23rd.
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.
The Moon’s distance from Earth varies throughout its monthly orbit because the Moon’s orbit isn’t perfectly circular. Every month, the Moon’s eccentric orbit carries it to apogee – its most distant point from […]
Uranus will be in opposition to the Sun on this date; this is when the Earth is positioned between the Sun and Uranus.
Active from October 13th to December 2nd, 2021, peaks Nov 11-12th
The Moon’s distance from Earth varies throughout its monthly orbit because the Moon’s orbit isn’t perfectly circular. Every month, the Moon’s eccentric orbit carries it to apogee – its most distant point from […]
Every month, the Moon’s eccentric orbit carries it to perigee, the Moon’s closest point to Earth in its orbit – then 2 weeks later, to apogee, its most distant point from Earth.
The winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun.