The Sky Today on Friday, June 6: The Moon and Spica

The Moon passes 0.5° south of Spica at 11 A.M. EDT. The pair hangs in the evening sky, located in the south an hour after sunset.  By this evening, the Moon has moved some 6.3° southeast of Spica, the star that anchors Virgo the Maiden as its alpha luminary. Spica is magnitude 1 and sitsContinue reading “The Sky Today on Friday, June 6: The Moon and Spica”
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