Tag: moon
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Comet 10P/Tempel: Right on the Edge of Visibility
Today we are going to be taking a look for a comet. The comet we’re going to take a look at is starting to be visible, it’s starting to come in towards the Sun and get closer towards the Earth, but it won’t reach its closest to us until we get into August. Nonetheless, we…
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From the Micromoon to the Supermoon: June to December 2026
Today we are looking into the past, just a couple of days back to the 29th of June. This was the last Full Moon. We do, of course, have another Full Moon coming up at the end of July, but this was the most recent Full Moon that we had. In Ireland we saw it…
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A Better View of the July Conjunctions
Today we are again going to look at the July sky, and we’re going to concentrate on the planets that are visible at sunset and sunrise. In order to give ourselves a better view, we’re going to move lower on the planet, closer to the equator. We won’t go too far to start with, just…
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Stargazing in July 2026: Conjunctions and Meteor Showers
Today we are going to be looking ahead into the month of July. For the beginning of July, things will still look quite similar to June. However, we are past the summer solstice, so the sky will start getting dark earlier. We still have Venus in the evening, but as we move later in the…
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The 2026 June Solstice: The View From The Moon and The Sun!
Today we are going to take a look at the solstice. It is June, which is the month of the solstice. The solstice on the 21st is one of the things that happens to the entire world. Here in the northern hemisphere it’s the summer solstice, so the Sun will reach its highest position in…
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Zodiac and Retrograde Motion: Astronomy, not Astrology!
Today we’re going to very quickly go over the zodiacal constellations, the constellations that we see in the sky along the path of the ecliptic, which is where we see the planets, the Moon, and the Sun, roughly speaking at least. We’ll start by taking a look at the planets at sunset in June. We…
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A Sunrise Occultation: The Crescent Moon and the Pleiades
Today we are yet again looking forward into the coming month of June. Of course, we are very close to June now, so we’re not looking too far into the future, just forward to the 13th of June. Just like the piece before last, we are looking forward to see an event but that has…
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Stargazing in June: Planets at Sunset and Sunrise, The Milky Way, and the Moon
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for June. Last time we looked ahead to the month of June to take a look at Venus and Jupiter having a close conjunction at sunset. Mercury was also up when Venus and Jupiter were up. Even in early June, we have to…
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Conjunction of the Moon, Mars and Saturn: From Europe, Africa, the Americas, Australia and More!
Today we are going to take a look at something that I am fairly confident we will not be able to see here in Ireland. Some people might just barely see it from the countryside. Recently, I saw a newspaper headline, or really the headline of an online journal, saying that there would be a…
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Moonless May Night and Uranus Behind the Sun
Today we are going to be looking at the sky for mid and late May. Looking at the daytime sky on the 12th, the Moon is up and already getting close to new, we will have our New Moon on the 16th. With the Moon out of the sky for most of the night, viewing…
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