Tag: moon
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Where is Artemis II? The Darkside of the Moon and Ephemeris Data from JPL!
Today we are going to take a quick look yet again at the Moon and talk a little bit more about the Artemis II mission to the Moon, the first crewed mission to the Moon in decades. To take a look at the Moon, we’re going to have to wait for it to come up.…
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The April Full Moon: Pink Moon, Artemis II and Easter
Today we are going to be looking at the Moon. We are going to start by taking a look at sunset yesterday, so we’re taking a look at the 1st of April or April Fool’s Day, which was the date of the Full Moon this month. It has just happened, last night the Moon was…
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Jupiter’s Moons, Lightspeed and a 2092 Conjunction!
Today, we are going to look ahead to an event that is coming up in the future. This time we are only looking a few decades ahead, to 2092. For those of you who are regular readers of these posts, you know that we take a look into the future for future events occasionally, although…
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The Night Sky for April 2026
Today we are going to take a look into the month of April to see what will be coming up in the sky. Taking a look firstly sunset on the 1st of April, Venus is nice and bright to the West, and also quite far from the Sun in the sky, so it will be…
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Where is it an Occultation? Regulus and the Moon!
Today we are going to take a closer look at a conjunction which is really an occultation, the occultation of Regulus by the Moon. In a piece a little earlier this month I went through several of the close conjunctions, planetary conjunctions and this lunar-stellar conjunction, that are visible during March. There was another piece…
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The March Equinox: Sunset, Sunrise and the Exact Moment of Equinox
Today we are going to be taking a quick look at the equinox. Of course the equinox is the date where the length of the day and the length of the night are equal and the equinox is occurring on the 20th of March. The equinox occurs on the 20th of March pretty much every…
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Sun-Saturn Superior Conjunction!
Today we are going to be looking at yet another conjunction. This conjunction is a little bit different from the conjunctions that we’ve taken a look at recently. Among those conjunctions was a conjunction of Saturn and Venus. That was at its best at around the seventh, so just past as of the date of…
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Multiple March Conjunctions, and Maybe an Occultation!
Today we are going to be looking at some conjunctions, some close conjunctions and even closer, that are happening over the course of the month of March. Just before we take a look ahead to those, we’re going to get rid of the atmosphere and the ground so we can take a look at the…
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The First Total Lunar Eclipse of 2026: March 3rd!
Today we are starting just as we started the last time, with sunset on the 3rd of March. This time, we are going to be looking at the lunar eclipse that’s happening on the 3rd of March, the one which isn’t visible from here in Ireland. Starting from Ireland at sunset, the Full Moon will…
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The March Night Sky
Today we are going to take a quick look at the month of March. We will begin by looking forward to the 3rd of March, the night of the Full Moon, at sunset. As the Sun is setting in the west, Venus appears nice and early just a little above the sunset. It is one…
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