This Week’s Sky: August 31 to September 6, 2020
This week, the Moon meets with Mars. The Red Planet will also experience a solstice and the start of its northern winter.
Aug 31, 2020
The Sky Today
This Week’s Sky: August 24 to 30, 2020
This week is excellent for lunar gazing as the Moon waxes and passes Jupiter and Saturn.
Aug 24, 2020
This Week’s Sky: August 17 to 23, 2020
It’s a quiet week — but you can use the New Moon time to take a good look at the stars.
Aug 17, 2020
This Week’s Sky: August 10 to 16, 2020
After the Perseids peak August 11-12, a double shadow transit on Jupiter and the crescent Moon passing close to Venus bring excitement to the weekend.
Aug 10, 2020
This Week’s Sky: August 3 to 9, 2020
In this week’s sky, a Full Moon that wanes and meets Mars, and Comet NEOWISE passes close to Messier 53.
Aug 03, 2020
This Week’s Sky: July 27 to August 2, 2020
As the Southern Delta Aquariids peak, Venus passes CE Tauri and the Moon passes Jupiter and Saturn.
Jul 28, 2020
This Week’s Sky: July 20 to 26, 2020
Comet NEOWISE climbs higher in evening sky, Saturn reaches opposition and Mercury reaches greatest western elongation.
Jul 20, 2020
This Week’s Sky: July 13 to 19, 2020
May your skies be clear to see these astronomical events. Comet NEOWISE will be visible in the evening this week, Jupiter and Pluto both reach opposition, and the crescent Moon visits Venus.
Jul 12, 2020
This Week’s Sky: July 6 to 12, 2020
This week was set to be relatively quiet, but Comet NEOWISE had other plans. Also look for some close astronomical passes over the weekend.
Jul 05, 2020
