Tuesday evening and Wednesday evening December 25th and the 26th the 18 and 19-day old waning gibbous Moon will pass by the star Regulus. Regulus is the heart of Leo the Lion and shines with an apparent magnitude of 1.34.
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Tuesday November 2nd in the early hours before the Sun rises the 24-day old waning crescent Moon will be 2-3o from Regulus, the ‘heart’ of Leo the Lion.
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Our Moon reaches perigee, (closest distance to Earth), for this orbit on Friday October 5th. At that time the Moon will be at a distance of 28.72 Earth diameters (227,668 miles (366,396 km) from the Earth.
Friday morning October 5th the very thin 25-day old waning crescent Moon will be about 4-5o from the star Regulus in Leo the Lion.
Does our Moon actually go around the Earth as this graphic shows? From our perspective on the Earth the Moon appears to circle around the Earth. However, in reality, the Moon orbits the Sun together with the Earth*
*Click here to read my 2006 Scope on the Sky column “The Real Shape of the Moon’s Orbit”. (PDF)
Read this very informative article about the Earth-Moon system and their orbital motions, written by Joe Hanson. “Do We Orbit the Moon?”
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Our Moon reaches perigee, (closest distance to Earth), for this orbit on Saturday September 8th. At that time the Moon will be at a distance of 28.325 Earth diameters (361,355 km or 224,535 miles) from the Earth.
Saturday morning September 8th the very thin 28-day old waning crescent Moon will be about 1.5o from the star Regulus and about 2-3o from the innermost planet Mercury.
*Click here to read my 2006 Scope on the Sky column “The Real Shape of the Moon’s Orbit”. (PDF)
Read this very informative article about the Earth-Moon system and their orbital motions, written by Joe Hanson. “Do We Orbit the Moon?”
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Sunday evening July 15th the 3-day young waxing crescent Moon will be 2o from Venus, and 5o from the star Regulus in Leo the Lion. Further to the east are the planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars.
The three, Moon, Venus, and Regulus, all fit comfortably within a binocular field of view.
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Monday evening July 9th the inner planet Venus will be within about 1o from the heart of Leo the Lion, the star Regulus. Through binoculars or with a camera the close conjunction should prove to be worth taking a look. Joining Venus to the west is the other inner planet, Mercury, and to the east are the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
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Sunday evening the 4.3-day old waxing crescent Moon will be about 4o from the star Regulus, the heart of Leo the Lion. Spread across the sky from west to east are three planets, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn.
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