When the Curves Line Up

October 31, 2021:  There is no Halloween Full moon this year, and the phase is not close.  The crescent moon is in the morning sky.  Mercury is low in the east-southeast before sunrise.  The planet p…

October 29, 2021:  Venus reaches its greatest elongation from the sun.  It is in the evening sky with Jupiter and Saturn.  The crescent moon and Mercury are in the eastern sky before sunrise.

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October 29 – November 1, 2021:  The crescent moon moves in front of the stars of Leo in the eastern sky before sunrise.  Watch the moon appear lower and the phase shrink (wane) each morning. Also not…

October 26, 27, and 28, 2021:  During the early morning hours, the bright gibbous moon appears in front of Gemini’s stars.

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October 26, 2021: Mercury is at its greatest morning appearance for the year.  Look low in the east-southeast before sunrise.

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October 25, 2021: This morning the bright gibbous moon seems to be caught between the horns of Taurus.  Mercury is making its best morning appearance.  The planet pack – Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn ar…

October 24, 2021:  Saturn is at its closest to Jupiter as the Jovian Giant picks up eastward speed.  The morning moon and Mercury are visible before sunrise.  Brilliant Evening Star Venus, Saturn, an…

October 23, 2021:  This morning the bright moon is near the Pleiades star cluster.  Mercury is making its best morning appearance.  In the evening sky, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are easy to spot.

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October 22. 2021:  Speedy Mercury is low in the east before sunrise.  It is putting on its best morning performance of the year.  Arcturus, in the east-northeast, is about the same altitude as Mercur…

October 21-November 1, 2021:  Brilliant Venus steps through Ophiuchus to the upper left of the star Antares in the southwest after sunset . Afterward, the planet steps farther eastward.

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October 21, 2021:  The bright moon is low in the west about an hour before sunrise.  Mercury is in the east at about the same altitude as Arcturus.  Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter shine from the evening …

December 18, 2021:  This is the anticipated launch date of the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most sophisticated space telescope view the universe.

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October 20, 2021: Mercury is brightening in the morning sky.  Brilliant Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are in the evening sky.  The bright moon starts the evening low in the eastern sky.

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October 19, 2021:  Four bright planets are visible during a twenty-four-hour interval.  Mercury is in the morning sky, while Venus, Saturn and Jupiter are joined by a nearly full moon.

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October 18, 2021:  Jupiter’s illusion of retrograde motion ends today.  Arcturus is appearing in the morning sky along with Mercury.  The planet pack – Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter – and the moon are i…

October 17, 2021: Arcturus is making its first morning appearance in the eastern sky before sunrise, while Mercury is beginning its best morning appearance of the year.  The gibbous moon, Jupiter, Sa…

October 16, 2021:  Use a binocular to scan the morning sky.  Brilliant Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter continue to gleam in the evening sky.  Venus passes Antares in the southwestern sky.  The gibbous moo…

October 16, 2021: At the beginning of morning twilight, the bright stars of the Orion region of the sky shine brightly from the southern sky.

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October 15, 2021:  Brilliant Evening Star Venus is near the star Antares this evening after sunset.  Another star in Scorpius, Al Niyat, along with Venus and Antares mark the corners of a small celes…

October 13-15, 2021:  The waxing gibbous moon passes the bright evening planets, Saturn and Jupiter.  Look for them in the south-southeast after sunset.

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