July 1, 2023: Mercury begins an evening appearance with superior conjunction at the sun. Brilliant Venus is in an interval of greatest brightness after sundown.
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2023, June 10: Pleiades Return, Brilliant Evening Star
June 10, 2023: The Pleiades star cluster is making its first morning appearance. Venus continues to brighten in the western sky after sundown.
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2023, May 21: Morning Arcturus, Evening Celestial Display
May 21, 2023: Find Arcturus in the west before sunrise. After sunset, Venus, Mars, and the crescent moon are on exhibition.
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2023, May 7: Moon Occults Star, Venus Steps into Gemini
May 7, 2023: Before sunrise, the moon occults or eclipses the star Al Niyat, near Antares in Scorpius, across western North America. Venus steps into western Gemini this evening.
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2023, May 6: Scorpion Moon, Bright Planets
May 6, 2023: The moon appears to move among the Scorpion’s bright stars. Saturn is visible before sunrise, while Venus and Mars shine from the west after sundown.
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2023, May 5: Flower Moon Eclipse, Bright Planets
May 5, 2023: The moon passes through Earth’s penumbra from the Eastern Hemisphere. Brilliant Venus, Mars, and Saturn are easy to locate in the sky.
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2023, May 4: May the 4th Planets
May 4, 2023: Saturn is visible before sunrise, while Jupiter and Mercury are in bright sunlight. The evening’s spectacle, Venus, and Mars are in the west after sundown.
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2023, May 3: Venus in Phases, Spiked Moon
May 3, 2023: Brilliant Venus is in the western sky after sundown. See its phase through a telescope. The bright moon is near Spica.
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2023, May 2: Bright Evening Moon, Spectacular Venus
May 2, 2023: Venus sparkles in the western evening sky after sunset, along with a bright gibbous moon in the southeast.
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2023, May 1: Moon below Tail, Disappearing Western Stars
May 1, 2023: The bright gibbous moon is in the southeastern sky after nightfall. Venus and Mars appear in front of stars soon to disappear into bright evening twilight.
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