Brilliant Venus is joined by the crescent moon this evening in the western sky. In the image above, the moon is overexposed in this 10-second exposure. Tonight the moon is 4 degrees to the upper left of the star Aldebaran and nearly 8 degrees from Venus. In this close-up view of the same scene in … Continue reading Venus and the Moon Tonight, April 21, 2015
Month: April 2015
Venus & Jupiter, April 2015
Venus and Jupiter gleam from the evening sky during April 2015. Venus is the bright celestial gem that sparkles in the western sky after sunset. It sets over three hours after the sun, making it easily observed. The difference between sunset and the planet setting grows to nearly 3 hours, 40 minutes after sunset by months end, allowing … Continue reading Venus & Jupiter, April 2015
Sun and Moon, April 2015
The Sun The length of daylight grows nearly 90 minutes during April. By month's end, the sun is in the sky for almost 14 hours in the Chicago area. Now rising north of east and setting north of west, the sun's daily arc across the sky grows longer each day with about 3 minutes … Continue reading Sun and Moon, April 2015