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.
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 planet Venus will appear a little over 1° from the star Regulus at sunset on July 21st.
The planet Mercury is a Perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) on July 23rd.
The Piscis Austrinids are a faint Meteor Shower that radiate from an area to the west of the brightest star Fomalhaut in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus - the southern […]
Ignatius of Loyola (Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignatius de Loyola; c. 23 October 1491 – 31 July 1556) was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who co-founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and became its first Superior General at […]
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.
The liturgical celebration of St Dominic is on August 6 which is his deathday, in 1221 - his birthday is August 8.
Many sources state that St Dominic is the patron saint of astronomy and astronomers.