Tag: Tithi

We Stop Saving Daylight, See Some Shooting Stars, and Eye the Moon in Evening While Jupiter Sports Spots!

The trio of craters Theophilus, Cyrillus, and Catharina flank the western edge of Mare-Nectaris. They are easy to see when the lunar terminator lands just to their west as shown here for Wednesday, November 6 (NASA) Hello, Mid-Autumn Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of November 3rd, 2024 by Chris Vaughan. Feel…
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The New Moon Drives Diwali, Lots of Leonids Meteors, Plentiful Planets, and Copious Comets!

My friend Lisa Ann Fanning of New Jersey captured the spectacular morning conjunction of the crescent moon and Venus from the Cape May Lighthouse on November 10, 2023. Hello, November Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of November 12th, 2023 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends…
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