Little Mars has sunk to 6° below Venus now in the west at dusk. The gap between them will continue to widen until Mars finally becomes lost in the sunset […]

As the stars come out at this time of year, look due south for Orion standing upright at his highest. As night deepens, dim Lepus, the Hare, emerges under his […]

Full Moon (exact at 1:05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time). This evening the Moon shines below the dim hind feet of Leo. And another! Io partially eclipses Ganymede with its shadow […]

A challenge for North Americans as twilight turns into night: Distant Uranus, magnitude +5.9, glimmers just below Venus, which is 8,000 times brighter at magnitude –3.9. Use good binoculars or […]

Just at Sunset Venus is high in the evening sky in the west. The bright planet near the waxing gibbous Moon tonight is Jupiter. Jupiter is actually 40 times larger […]