August 25, 2022: The thin crescent moon is near Venus this morning before daybreak. Venus is joined by Mars and Jupiter in an arc across the morning sky. After sunset, Jupiter and Saturn are in the east.
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2022, May 22: Moon Visits Morning Planets, Evening Star Clusters
May 22, 2022: The moon is near Saturn in the southeast before sunup. During the next few mornings watch it skip past Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. After nightfall, spot star clusters with a binocular.
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2022, May 21: Moon, Morning Planets, Evening Star Clusters
May 21, 2022: The moon nears the morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn. After sundown, find two star clusters near Leo – the Beehive cluster and the Coma cluster.
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2022, May 7: Eastern Planets, Evening Crabby Moon
May 7, 2022: Venus continues to stretch the gap to Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn in the eastern sky before sunrise. The evening moon is in front of Cancer while Mercury is low in the west-northwest.
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2022, April 10: Morning Planet Pirouette, Crabby Moon
April 10, 2022: Four bright planets, Venus, Mars, and Saturn, are in the east-southeastern sky before sunrise. The moon is in front of the dim stars of Cancer during the early evening.
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2022, March 19: Morning Planets, Moon, Evening Crab
March 19, 2022: Venus and Mars are in a footrace toward Saturn leading up to a rare planetary grouping. The morning moon is in the west-southwest. Cancer is in the south during early evening.
Read more2021, November 25: Crabby Moon
November 25, 2021: Before sunrise, the bright moon appears in front of the dim stars of Cancer. The Beehive star cluster is nearby. Evening Star Venus, Saturn and Jupiter are in the evening sky.
Read more2021, October 1: Lunar Crescent, Beehive
October 1, 2021: Before sunrise, the lunar crescent is near the Beehive star cluster.
Read more2021, September 4: Moon’s Morning Tour
September 4, 2021: The moon’s star cluster tour continues this morning with the Beehive star cluster. In the evening sky, just one day before its conjunction with Spica, find the brilliant planet in the west-southwest after sunset.
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2021, August 29: Morning Moon, Pleiades
August 29, 2021: Before sunrise, the gibbous moon appears near the Pleiades star cluster.
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