After superior conjunction (March 26, 2021), Venus slowly emerges into the western evening sky during bright twilight. The closest Venus – moon grouping occurs on May 12. Venus is moving eastward in Taurus.
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2021: Venus as an Evening Star
2021: Venus is the evening star that is visible in the west for the rest of the year beginning in late April. The crescent moon appears with Venus each month. Venus conjunctions occur with Mercury, Mars and bright stars.
Read more2021, March 24: Three Bright Planets, Bright Evening Moon
March 24, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn continue to slowly climb into the morning sky. Find them in the southeastern sky before sunrise. The bright, gibbous moon is high in the southeastern sky, near Regulus. As night falls the third bright planet, Mars, is in front of the starry background of Taurus.
Read more2021, March 23: Three Bright Planets, Evening Moon
March 23, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn continue to slowly climb into the morning sky. They are low in the southeastern sky before sunrise. Brighter Jupiter is to the lower left of Saturn. In the evening sky the bright gibbous moon is in Cancer to the lower left of the Gemini Twin Pollux. Mars is in Taurus near Tau Tauri.
Read more2021, March 22: Morning Planets, Evening Gibbous Moon, Mars
March 22, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn continue to slowly climb into the morning sky. Find them low in the southeastern sky before sunrise. After sunset, the bright gibbous moon is high in the southern sky near Pollux, one of the Gemini Twins. Mars is farther west in Taurus. It continues its eastward march through the starfields of the constellation.
Read more2021, March 21: Three Bright Planets, Evening Moon
March 21, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn are visible in the southeastern sky before sunrise. During the evening, the slightly gibbous moon is 25° to the upper left of Mars.
Read more2021, March 20: Moon Between Horns
March 20, 2021: After sunset, look for the nearly half-full moon high in the southwest. It is between the horns of the Bull, Elnath and Zeta Tauri. Mars is to the lower right of the moon. The Red Planet passes to the upper right of Aldebaran, the constellation’s brightest star.
Read more2021, March 20: Vernal Equinox, Morning Planets
March 20, 2021: The Vernal Equinox occurs at 4:37 a.m. CDT. The sun’s light is most directed at the equator. During the next six months, sunlight is more direct in the earth’s northern hemisphere.
Read more19 March 2021: Morning Planets, Evening Moon Joins Mars
March 19, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn climb into the morning sky. They are visible low in the southeast before sunrise. In the evening sky the crescent moon is near Mars in front of the stars of Taurus the Bull. The moon is to the lower right of the lunar slice.
Read more18 March 2021: Morning Planets, Evening Moon, Mars, Taurus
March 18, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn are visible in the southeastern sky as sunup approaches. Jupiter is the brighter planet, but it is low in the east-southeast. Saturn is to the Jovian Giant’s upper right. During the early evening, the waxing crescent moon is in the western sky near the Pleiades star cluster and below Mars. The Red Planet is moving eastward in Taurus.
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