We also look to the Moon’s phases to determine many holidays based on the lunar calendar. For example,the date of Easter is determined by the Moon’s phase, and the second new Moon after the December solstice marks theLunar New Year. Of course, many skywatchers look forward to the Moon...
There’s a rapid loss of night this month as we head towards the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice on 21 June. True darkness doesn't arrive for most of the UK until the end of the month. Although this causes issues with seeing faint wispy deep sky objects, there is an upside ...
There isn't a good night to see the full moon rise this month for Europe, but tonight is the next best thing. Although it will no longer be close to Spica, the just-past-full moon will appear in the east about an hour after sunset. Incidentally, the 'Pink Moon' is also called the...
ALYSON: Yep, this is what we woke up to this morning. Only a month and a half until the Summer Solstice, so we live in hope Spring might briefly put in an appearance before then. WIAA: Gosh, I wouldn’t have known, me just being a ‘blank page on a blogging platform’. If I’...
The day that the earth and sun are at their closest point is called Perihelion.You maybe haven’t heard that Greek word before or if you have you don’t know when it happens. Pretty much everybody knows when the solstices and equinoxes occur. Yet when the earth is closest to the sun...