Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 28The Moon passes 9° south of Venus at 10 A.M. EDT this ...

The moment of greatest eclipse is at 2:59 A.M. EDT, which is the midpoint of the ... when both are below the horizon in the ...

Although invisible for now, the bright planet will quickly reappear by the end of the month, this time in the morning sky. Sunrise: 7:00 A.M. Sunset: 9:15 P.M. Moonrise: 2:51 A.M. Moonset ...

Both planets are visible in the evening sky and now is the time to get ... Sunrise: 7:20 A.M. Sunset: 7:01 P.M. Moonrise: 2:22 P.M. Moonset: 5:10 A.M. Early evening is a great time to spot a ...

Currently, Mercury sets about 90 minutes after sunset ... 0.2 (just a trifle brighter than the similarly hued star Arcturus), Mercury should be readily visible, appearing low in the western sky ...

For a few days around this date, we can try spotting Venus in bright twilight both immediately before sunrise and right after sunset. It rapidly zooms into the morning sky ... at 2:00 a.m ...

The best time to catch this planetary alignment is shortly after sunset, when the planets will be positioned in a near-straight line across the sky. Venus, often called the “Evening Star ...