Wow! There’s so much to say about the June 2025 full moon! All June full moons ride low, but this will be the lowest full moon in decades. That’s because we’re in the midst of a Major Lunar Standstill. Plus, this full moon, which carries the name Strawberry Moon, will be near a beloved bright star, red Antares, Heart of the Scorpion in the constellation Scorpius. And there’s more! Watch for this full moon on the night of June 10-11! And join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd at 12:15 p.m. CD...| EarthSky
Everyone on Earth will see the full Wolf Moon on the night of January 13, 2025. And there’s a bonus! The January full moon will lie near the bright red planet Mars. Mars was closest to Earth for this 2-year period on January 12. And Mars will reach opposition on January 15-16. What’s more, a few lucky observers – in parts of North America, northwest Africa, the Azores and the Cape Verde Islands – will see the moon occult – or pass in front of – Mars. So if you look outside on the ...| EarthSky
The December full moon – called the Cold Moon – will light up the night sky on December 14 and 15, 2024. Since the full moon will crest at 9:02 UTC on December 15, the moon will look full on two evenings – December 14 and 15 – for the Americas and western Europe. This full moon will lie close to blazingly bright Jupiter on these nights. Earth just passed between Jupiter and the sun on December 7 … so Jupiter is now generally opposite the sun … and so is the full moon. The twin sta...| EarthSky
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Richard Witkowski captured the aurora storm on May 10-11, 2024, from Indiana Dunes National Park. It was surely one of the best night sky events of this past year. Thanks, Richard! So how about 2025? We can’t predict the next auroral display, but we can provide a preview of 2025’s top stargazing events. Mark your calendars!Best stargazing of 2025: Top events not to miss| EarthSky
A new meteor shower — the Chi Cygnids — appears to be producing an increasing number of meteors. It might be headed toward a peak in mid-September. Will you catch one of the slow, rare and mysterious Chi Cygnids? Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd live at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC) on Monday, September 8, to find out when, where, and how to try. Watch in the player above, or on YouTube.| EarthSky
Venus passed between us and the sun on March 23. At that time, it moved from the evening sky to the morning sky. Now Venus is shining very brightly in the east before sunrise every morning. It’ll reach greatest brilliancy on April 27, 2025, lying not far from 2 faint-and-hard-to-see planets Saturn and Mercury. Over the coming weeks, Venus will also be climbing farther from the eastern horizon before sunrise. It’ll reach its greatest distance from the sun on May 31-June 1, 2025. Chart via ...| EarthSky
Join the EarthSky team at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC) on Wednesday, October 16, to find out more about 2024’s closest and brightest supermoon: the Super Hunter’s Moon! Image by Riste Spiroski in Ohrid, Macedonia. Click in to be notified of the livestream. | EarthSky
Venus started passing behind the sun yesterday, June 3. SOHO’s LASCO C2 captured Venus about to pass behind the sun (or, in this case, behind the spacecraft imagery equipment’s sun-occulter). The occultation of Venus behind the sun – the “anti-transit” – started around 14 UTC (9 a.m. central) on June 3 as seen by SOHO’s LASCO 2 imager. Venus takes many hours to go to its deepest point behind the sun. It’ll be most deeply behind the sun today, June 4. Meanwhile, the Venus super...| EarthSky
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Michael Teoh at Heng Ee Observatory in Penang, Malaysia, captured this photo of Sirius A (center) and Sirius B (a white dwarf on the left) on January 26, 2021. He used 30 1-second exposures and stacked them together to make faint Sirius B appear. Thank you, Michael!The brightest star in our sky, Sirius, and its white dwarf companion, Sirius B, are currently farthest apart from our perspective. The two stars orbit each other with a period of about 50 years,...| EarthSky
#post_excerptThe September full moon - the Harvest Moon supermoon - happens overnight on September 28-29, 2023. This full moon lies between Jupiter and Saturn.| EarthSky | Updates on your cosmos and world
This month’s full moon – called the Flower Moon – will crest at 11:56 a.m. CDT for us in the Americas on May 12. The moon will be below the horizon then for us … but that timing means the moon will look round and full to us on both May 11 and May 12. What else is special about this full moon? What’s the best way to watch a full moon, and what can you expect to see? Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC) to boost your moon-watching mojo!| EarthSky
Argh! They’re at it again. Memes are circulating suggesting a planet alignment in early June 2025. True or not true? Night sky expert Deborah Byrd of EarthSky has the scoop – plus a REAL planet forecast for June – beginning at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC) on Monday, June 2. Join live, and we’ll answer your questions!| EarthSky
