World Space Week
World Space Week 2021 celebrates “Women in Space!” Join thousands of participants in over 90 countries celebrating accomplishments and contributions of women to the space sector and sciences. In 2020, more than […]
World Space Week 2021 celebrates “Women in Space!” Join thousands of participants in over 90 countries celebrating accomplishments and contributions of women to the space sector and sciences. In 2020, more than […]
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 Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Venus appears 1° 49' of the star Antares on this date.
The planet Mercury is a Perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) on July 23rd.
The Orionids are a medium strength shower that sometimes reaches high strength activity. In a normal year the Orionids produce 10-20 shower members at maximum. In exceptional years, such as […]
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The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.
Venus reaches maximum eastern elongation on October 29, 2021. After this date, you will see Venus head back towards the Sun on its way to inferior conjunction.
The Crescent Moon will block Mercury from view for about 1 hour starting around 3:34 PM ET.