Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter and experienced stargazer who covers the night sky, astro-tourism, the northern lights and space exploration. He received the 2023 Popular Media Award from the American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division and is the author of A Stargazing Program for Beginners. Writing for Forbes.
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead , but be sure toWhat’s the most beautiful celestial sight of them all? Easy — a total solar eclipse. Next comes a close conjunction of a crescent moon and a super-bright Venus in the west after sunset, something that happens not only this week but early in 2025 as Earth’s sister planet comes close.
If you’re up for a challenging but very rewarding observation, get somewhere with a clear view low to the southwestern horizon. As soon as the sun sets, begin scanning the horizon for a very slim crescent moon, barely 7%-lit, below Venus. You won't have long before both are set.The celestial highlight of the week? Tonight, a waxing crescent moon, just 14%-lit, will shine close to Venus, which is waxing towards being about as bright as it gets in January and February next year.
The “King of Planets” will align with Earth and the sun tonight, showing -off its entire disk and rising opposite the sunset as it gets closest to Earth. This is the best night to see it with a telescope or binoculars, though it will remain a spectacular sight in the night sky until mid-January.Tonight, it’s the first quarter moon when our natural satellite appears half-lit as seen from Earth. Look below-right of the moon, and you’ll see Saturn, about a third of a degree distant.
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