Monthly Night Sky information provided by Chris Vaughan (@Astrogeoguy) at Starry Night Education (@StarryNightEdu).

Astronomical Events

Name: Mars Buzzes the Beehive
Start: 2024-12-02T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-02T00:00:00-05:00

November 2024
Moonlight Tolerant Stars (evening)

November 21, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – November 22, 2024 @ 12:00 am

Only the brightest stars are visible to our unaided eyes on moonlight-flooded nights. Early on Thursday evening, November 21, the very bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra the […]
The Double Cluster (all night)

November 22, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – November 23, 2024 @ 5:00 am

The northeastern sky on November evenings hosts the bright constellations of Perseus and W-shaped Cassiopeia, with the very bright star Capella positioned well below them. The sky between Perseus and […]
Crescent Moon Covers Spica (pre-dawn)

November 27, 2024 @ 5:00 am – 7:00 am

For observers located in a zone covering most of the eastern continental USA and Canada, the old, waning crescent moon will pass in front of (or occult) Virgo’s brightest star, […]
December 2024
New Moon

December 1, 2024 @ 6:21 am

The moon will reach its new phase on Sunday, December 1 at 1:21 a.m. EST or 06:21 GMT, which converts to 10:21 p.m. PST on Saturday. At that time our […]
Mars Buzzes the Beehive

December 2, 2024 @ 12:00 am

As December begins, the bright reddish planet Mars will be shining just above (or celestial north of) the large open star cluster in Cancer known as the Beehive, Praesepe, and […]