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Current Moon Phase |
This 45 hour old moon shows a wealth of earthshine, light reflected from a nearly full Earth, back to the moon, and then back to us. Sky conditions were exceptionally clear on March 20, 2007 when this digital image was taken several minutes after the start of spring. Gary A. Becker photo... |
The moon plays in a rich planetary field this week, passing Mercury on May 17, Venus on May 19, and Saturn on May 22. Start observing about 8:50 p.m. Gary A. Becker graphics... |
The moon looks down upon Mercury, near the horizon just right of center in this late twilight image taken on May 18 from Coopersburg, PA. Unfortunately, it was cloudy the night before, when the moon and Mercury would have stood side by side. Gary A. Becker photo... |
Mercury graces a moist spring sky on a day when it was cloudy, beautiful, rainy, and finally clear at sunset. The star above Mercury is first magnitude Elnath, one of the horns of Taurus the Bull. Mercury was nearly five times brighter than Elnath on this May 20 evening. Gary A. Becker photo... |