An Evening with Brother Guy Consolmagno at St. Cecilia Parish
An Evening with Brother Guy Consolmagno at St. Cecilia Parish
An Evening with Brother Guy Consolmagno at St. Cecilia Parish in Boston - Nov 1st at 6:00 PM
An Evening with Brother Guy Consolmagno at St. Cecilia Parish in Boston - Nov 1st at 6:00 PM
Uranus will be in opposition to the Sun on this date; this is when the Earth is positioned between the Sun and Uranus.
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 Earth – and then, some two weeks later, to perigee – the Moon’s closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit. - earthsky.org
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.
Take a virtual tour of the Vatican Observatory's meteorite collection (one of the world’s largest) with the director and former Fordham faculty member Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J., and alumnus Christopher Kennedy
New Moon. By the modern definition, New Moon occurs when the Moon and Sun are at the same geocentric ecliptic longitude. The part of the Moon facing us is completely in shadow then. Pictured here is the traditional New Moon, the earliest visible waxing crescent, which signals the start of a new month in many […]
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.
Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity.
Please help support our yearly outreach - giving astrophoto calendars to prison inmates.
The Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.