The Sky Today on Monday, August 25: The Moon reappears in Virgo

Observers who are quick to step outside after sunset can catch a delicate crescent Moon sinking in the west, now just 8 percent lit as sunrise begins to creep over the lunar nearside.  Magnitude 1.6 Mars sits 7° to the upper left (east) of the Moon, slowly becoming visible as the sky darkens. You canContinue reading “The Sky Today on Monday, August 25: The Moon reappears in Virgo”
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