December 24, 2025: See Jupiter, Saturn, and the crescent moon on Christmas Eve. Earthshine, bright winter stars, and the season’s best evening sky scenes are visible.
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2025, December 16: Winter Stars Rise in the East After Sunset: Capella, Aldebaran, and Taurus’ Star Clusters
December 16, 2025: Winter’s bright stars climb the eastern sky after sunset. See Capella, Aldebaran, the Hyades, and Pleiades, plus rising winter constellations on December evenings.
2024, January 29: Sirius Rises at Sunset
January 29, 2024: This evening Sirius rises at Sunset. Find it low in the east-southeast after sunset with the bright stars in the Orion region of the sky.
2023, October 12: Bright Morning Planets Bookend Stellar Spectacular
October 12, 2023: Before sunrise, brilliant Venus and Jupiter bracket the Milky Way’s bright Orion region.
2023, June 30: Venus-Mars Quasi-Conjunction, Moon with Antares
June 30, 2023: Venus’ chase of Mars ends this evening with a quasi-conjunction. The bright evening gibbous is near Antares.
2023, June 17: Seasonal Signals, Bright Planets
June 17, 2023: The stars’ places before sunrise and after sundown are signals that the season is changing. Jupiter and Saturn are visible before sunrise, while brilliant Venus and Mars are in the west after sundown.
2023, May 18: Capella’s Heliacal Rising, Celestial Snake
May 18: The bright star Capella makes its first morning appearance, known as the heliacal rising. Look for Hydra’s dim stars during the night.
2022, December 27: Crescent Moon, Rare Five-Planet Exhibition
December 27, 2022: The crescent moon appears with the five bright planets – Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars – after sundown.
2022, October 5: Morning Stars, Evening Spot an Asteroid
October 5, 2022: Before sunrise, Mars is with a congregation of bright stars. Mercury is in the east. Prepare to spot an asteroid near the moon after sunset tomorrow evening.
2022, May 30: Morning Planet Race, Evening Leftovers
May 30, 2022: After yesterday’s conjunction, Mars is east of Jupiter trailing behind Venus. In the evening four bright stars, leftovers from the winter evening sky are in the western sky.