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The first quarter moon is Dec. 3. As Jupiter disappears into bright twilight by mid-December, Venus is still moving away from the Sun and passes within…
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The moon is a slender waxing crescent for Halloween setting in the west about the time that trick or treaters should be getting worn out. So get out the…
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For October 2019, the waxing crescent moon passes bright Jupiter on October 3. It is first quarter on October 5, to the lower right of Saturn. Full moon,…
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For September 2019, the moon will be first quarter on September 2, just to the west of Jupiter. Two days later the waxing gibbous moon is just west of…
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For August 2019, the first quarter moon is on August 7. The waxing gibbous moon passes two degrees north of Jupiter on August 9. On the morning of Aug.…
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For July 2019, the new moon occurs on July 2. On the 3rd, the very young crescent lies below the planets Mars and Mercury in twilight, about 40 minutes…
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For April 2019, the waning crescent moon will be just south of Venus in the dawn an hour before sunrise on April 1. The next morning, it will be below…
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Are we alone in the universe? The discovery of TRAPPIST-1 and its seven Earth-like planets could be moving the needle on the answer.The TRAPPIST-1 star…
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Five years and 540 million miles after launch, the solar-powered spacecraft Juno has reached Jupiter.It took 48 minutes for Juno’s radio signal to reach…
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Mars and Earth are getting a bit chummier this month, as the Red Planet moves to its closest distance in more than a decade. Mars’ position – just under…