November 17, 2023: Mars is at conjunction with the sun tonight and begins to slowly move into the morning sky. The crescent moon appears with a small pattern known as the Dogs Kingdom.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
November 17, 2023: Mars is at conjunction with the sun tonight and begins to slowly move into the morning sky. The crescent moon appears with a small pattern known as the Dogs Kingdom.
Read moreNovember 16, 2023: The moon, visible in the Teapot of Sagittarius, appears in the evening sky with Saturn and Jupiter. Venus gleams from the southeastern sky before sunrise.
Read moreNovember 15, 2023: The crescent moon returns to the western sky after nightfall. Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are visible during the night.
Read moreOctober 19: Sagittarius seems to pour the moon into the sky this evening. Find Uranus with a binocular.
Read moreSeptember 23, 2023: The autumnal equinox occurs after midnight this morning. Uranus is visible through a binocular between Jupiter and the Pleiades star cluster.
Read moreSeptember 22, 2023: Mercury is at its best morning view of the year. After sundown, the moon appears above the Teapot’s spout.
Read moreBrilliant Venus appears as the brilliant Morning Star in the eastern sky during the autumn and winter months of 2023 and early 2024.
Read moreAugust 27, 2023: Three bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn – and two dim ones – Uranus and Neptune – are along an arc spanning the sky.
Read moreAugust 26, 2023: Saturn is at opposition overnight. The moon appears to be boiling in the Teapot of Sagittarius. Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are visible simultaneously before sunrise.
Read moreAugust 25, 2023: Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are strung across the morning sky from east to the southwest. The moon is in front of Ophiuchus, between Scorpius and Sagittarius.
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