Name: See the Lunar X and V (peaks at 9 p.m. EDT)
Start: 2025-07-02T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-07-02T00:00:00-04:00

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

June 2025
Friday Night Sights

June 13, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Join us (weather permitting) at our Observatory! See Friday Night Sights: Explore the Night Sky – RASC Hamilton for the latest updates on the upcoming date.
Friday Night Sights

June 13, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Join us (weather permitting) at our Observatory! See Friday Night Sights: Explore the Night Sky – RASC Hamilton for the latest updates on the upcoming date.
Friday Night Sights

June 20, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Join us (weather permitting) at our Observatory! See Friday Night Sights: Explore the Night Sky – RASC Hamilton for the latest updates on the upcoming date.
Friday Night Sights

June 27, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Join us (weather permitting) at our Observatory! See Friday Night Sights: Explore the Night Sky – RASC Hamilton for the latest updates on the upcoming date.
July 2025
See the Lunar X and V (peaks at 9 p.m. EDT)

July 2, 2025 @ 12:00 am

Several times a year near the moon’s first quarter phase, small clair-obscur effect features on the moon called the Lunar X and the Lunar V become visible in strong binoculars and backyard telescopes for a few hours. The Lunar X, a prominent X-shaped pattern, appears when the rims of the craters Purbach, la Caille, and […]