When the Curves Line Up

March 4, 2025: Tonight’s crescent moon is a guide to Planet Uranus.  Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are easily visible after nightfall.See the accompanying article - 2025, March 4: Crescent Moon …

March 1, 2025: After nightfall, the crescent moon appears near brilliant Venus, a pretty evening Venus-Moon Display.  Mercury is nearby.See the accompanying article - 2025, March 1: Evening Venus-Moo…

March 2025: Evening Star Venus appears to drop from the evening sky, pass Earth, and emerge from bright sunlight into the morning sky as the Morning Star.See the accompanying article - 2025, March: E…

February 2025:  Brilliant Venus reaches greatest brightness, shining in the western sky after sundown. See the accompanying article - February 2025:  Venus at Greatest Brightness

February 1, 2025: After sundown, look for a spectacular grouping of Venus and the crescent moon.  The moon is a super crescent. See the accompanying article - 2025, February 1: Spectacular Venus-Moo…

January 31, 2025:  The waxing crescent moon leads the nightly planet parade.  A Mars-Castor conjunction occurs in the eastern sky. See the accompanying article - 2025, January 31:  Waxing Crescent M…

January 3, 2025: After sundown, look for a spectacular Venus-Moon conjunction in the southwestern sky. Saturn is to the upper left of Venus. See the accompanying article - 2025, January 3:  Spectacu…

December 31, 2024:  Five planets are visible during nighttime.  After sunset, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars span the sky during the evening hours. See the accompanying article - 2024, December 31…

December 28, 2024:  Before sunrise, a Moon-Antares conjunction occurs in the southeastern sky.  Mercury, in its final appearance of the year, is nearby. See the accompanying article - 2024, December…

December 25, 2024:  Five bright planets are visible in a Christmas planet display.  Mars, Mercury, and the moon shine on Christmas morning. Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are visible on Christmas n…

December 24, 2024:  After sundown on Christmas Eve, four bright planets – Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are strung across the sky from east-northeast to west-southwest – a planet spectacle. See t…

December 13-15, 2024:  The Cold Moon passes Jupiter and Taurus in the eastern sky during the early evening hours.  Venus and Saturn are also part of the display. See the accompanying article - 2024,…

December 12, 2024: Venus and Mars are in opposition.  They are in opposite directions in the sky.  Venus sets as Mars rises. See the accompanying article - 2024, December 12: Venus-Mars Opposition

December 11-20, 2024: Mars retrograde accelerates and opens a gap to the Beehive star cluster.  The Red Planet is part of a nightly planet display that begins with brilliant Venus after sunset. See …