April 27, 2023: Saturn becomes easier to see each morning in the east-southeast before daybreak. Brilliant Venus, Mars, and the First Quarter moon are in the western sky after sundown.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
April 27, 2023: Saturn becomes easier to see each morning in the east-southeast before daybreak. Brilliant Venus, Mars, and the First Quarter moon are in the western sky after sundown.
Read moreMarch 27, 2023: A Jupiter-Mercury conjunction occurs during bright evening twilight. Saturn is making its first appearance in the eastern sky before sunrise.
Read moreMarch 25, 2023: The crescent moon appears near the Pleiades star cluster. Evening Star Venus gleams brightly from the western sky after sundown.
Read moreMarch 24, 2023: After sunset, the lovely crescent moon is above Venus. Through a binocular, Venus and Uranus are visible in the same field of view.
Read moreMarch 23, 2023: After sundown, a striking lunar crescent is near Venus. Jupiter is lower in the sky, while Mars approaches Gemini.
Read moreMarch 22, 2023: A half dozen bright stars in the sky before sunrise. After sundown, the thin lunar crescent is near Jupiter and below the Evening Star.
Read moreMarch 21, 2023: Delphinus and Sagitta are in the eastern sky before sunrise. Jupiter, Venus, and Mars are easily visible in the western sky after sundown.
Read moreMarch 20, 2023: The Vernal equinox occurs today at 4:24 p.m. CDT. The sun’s rays are most direct on Earth’s equator. Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are visible after sundown.
Read moreMarch 19, 2023: Before sunrise, the Milky Way arches across the sky from the southern hemisphere. Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are visible after sunset.
Read moreMarch 18, 2023: The thin crescent moon appears in the southeast before sunrise. Mars marches eastward against Taurus, near the Gemini border. Venus and Jupiter are in the western sky after sundown.
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