The Night Sky

[Justbec]

Love star gazing? Ever wonder what you were looking at up there in the sky? You can find weekly updates here: Tonight | EarthSky

• Jun 30 - Jul 06

• 30
  After this, Mars will get fainter
• 01
  Moon and Aldebaran before dawn July 2
• 02
  Big Dipper points to Polaris, helps find Dragon Star
• 03
  See Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown
• 04
  Earth farthest from sun on July 4
• 05
  Young moon, Venus after sunset July 5
• 06
  Ophiuchus, 13th constellation of Zodiac

 

[Jazzy]

I love star gazing and I thank you for this very informative thread.

 

[Justbec]

I do too and here in Minnesota there is so much sky and so many stars

 

[Jazzy]

I do too and here in Minnesota there is so much sky and so many stars

Same here but it was overcast and I couldn't see this: For the first time in 70 years the 'Strawberry' Full Moon during the Summer Solstice, June 20th, 2016

Did you get to see it?

 

[Justbec]

I got to see it but didn't take any pictures..

 

[Jazzy]

I got to see it but didn't take any pictures..

Lucky you! Was it as colorful as it looks in the video?

 

[Justbec]

No not really.. To me it just had a bit of an orange/pink tint. It was pretty but nothing like that video.

 

[DaveM]

Every time we seems to really have something big to see it rains my side

 

[Worldwide]

Every time we seems to really have something big to see it rains my side

I hear you on that... Most events here happen above the clouds

 

[Justbec]

I hear you. I never got to see anything when we lived in New York because of the 'light pollution'. Out here in Minnesota you can see forever.

 

[DaveM]

When you don't have the city light around what you can see is stunning.

 

[Evil Eye]

My night sky on a clear night tends to be about 10 barely visible stars. Light pollution indeed.

 

[Justbec]

The moon reaches first quarter on July 12 at 0:52 UTC. At U.S. time zones, that means the first quarter moon occurs on July 11 at 8:52 p.m. EDT, 7:52 p.m. CDT, 6:52 p.m. MDT and 5:52 p.m. PDT.

At quarter moon, the moon’s disk appears half-illuminated in sunshine and half-engulfed in the moon’s own shadow.

The lunar terminator – the shadow line dividing the lunar day from the lunar night – shows you where it’s sunrise on the moon as it waxes from new moon to full moon.