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💙 January 3, PM: Moon meets Venus

What: The waxing crescent moon meet Venus, the brightest planet

When: Friday January 3, approx. 20 minutes to 4 hours after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye or binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50)

How: Find a low southwest horizon. Start looking above that horizon shortly after sunset. Venus and the crescent moon should appear some time after sunset and they will set about four hours after the sun. You can use binoculars to help you find them.

💙 January 4, PM: Moon meets Saturn

What: The waxing crescent moon meets Saturn, the ringed planet

When: Saturday January 4, approx. 1 hour after sunset to 5 hours after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye or binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50)

How: Wait until darkness, at least an hour after sunset. Find the moon toward the south-southwest. Beside it, you’ll see what looks like a bright star, which is actually Saturn. The much brighter “star” further west is Venus. You can use binoculars to see them up close, but they’ll get further apart as the night progresses.

💛 January 9, PM: Moon occults Pleiades

What: The waxing gibbous moon passes in front of the bright Pleiades star cluster

When: Thursday January 9, evening (exact time depends on location)

Equipment needed: Naked eye, binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63), or telescope (recommendations: Starsense Explorer LT 80AZ or Starsense Explorer LT 114AZ)

How: Check an astronomy app like SkySafari to see if the occultation is visible from your location.

Once you’ve determined that it’ll be visible from your location, find a location away from light pollution. The moon will rise in early afternoon in the northeast, but the Pleiades cluster will no be visible until about an hour and a half after sunset, when it’s dark. The moon will pass in front of the star cluster sometime in the evening, depending on your location. To find the exact timing of the occultation, use an app like SkySafari. Centre on the moon, go to January 9 in the evening, and move forward in time by minutes to see when the Pleiades appear to move behind the moon and reappear. Note that the disappearance or reappearance will only be visible if the objects are above the horizon but the sun is below the horizon. If the sun is not far below the horizon, it may be possible to see but difficult because of the bright dawn light.

Note that the gibbous moon is a lot brighter than the Pleiades, and binoculars or a telescope would make the observation a lot easier.

If the occultation is not visible from your location, it will be a close conjunction of the moon and Pleiades. Look at the moon anytime in the night of January 9 to 10 to see the two celestial objects together.

💙 January 10, PM: Moon meets Jupiter

What: The waxing gibbous moon meets with Jupiter, the king of the planets

When: Friday January 10, starting approx. 1.5 hours after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye

How: The waxing gibbous moon will rise toward the northeast in mid-afternoon, but you’ll need to wait until darkness to see Jupiter close to it. They will rise higher in the sky for a few hours and keep making their way west until they set in the northwest before sunrise. They will get further from each other as the night progresses.

💙/💛 January 13, PM: Full moon occults Mars

Where: Most of North America and west Africa

What: The full moon passes in front of Mars, the red planet

When: Monday January 13, evening (exact time depends on location)

Equipment needed: Naked eye, binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63), or telescope (recommendations: Starsense Explorer LT 80AZ or Starsense Explorer LT 114AZ)

How: Check an astronomy app like SkySafari to see if the occultation is visible from your location. This event is visible from most of North America (except northwest Canada and Alaska) and western Africa.

Once you’ve determined that it’ll be visible from your location, find a place away from light pollution. The moon and Mars will get closer and closer to each other during the evening until Saturn hides behind the moon. To find the exact timing of the occultation, use an app like SkySafari. Centre on the moon, go to Monday January 13 in the evening, and move forward and backward in time by minutes to see when Mars appears to move behind the moon and reappear. Note that the disappearance or reappearance will only be visible if the objects are above the horizon but the sun is below the horizon. If the sun is not far below the horizon, it may be possible to see but difficult because of the bright dusk light.

If the occultation is not visible from your location, it will be a close conjunction of the moon and Mars. Look at the full moon anytime in the evening of January 13 (for the Americas) to see the two celestial jewels together. A telescope can reveal some colour and detail on Mars while the moon is in the same field of view.

💙 Night of January 13-14, all night: Full Wolf Moon

January’s full moon is at its fullest at 5:28pm Eastern Time on January 13. This means that for most of North and South America, it will be at its fullest on the evening of January 13. For the rest of the world, it’ll be almost equally full on the evenings of January 13 and 14.

Named after the wolves that are often heard howling at this time of year in the northern hemisphere, the Full Wolf Moon will rise towards the northeast shortly before sunset on January 13.

💙 January 15-20, PM: Venus meets Saturn

What: Venus, the brightest planet, meets with Saturn, the ringed planet

When: Wednesday to Monday, January 15 to 20, approx. 45 minutes after sunset to approx. 4 hours after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye or binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63)

How: Once the sunset light has faded, find Venus close toward the southwest, with Saturn near it, both looking like bright star. Venus is the brighter of the two. They will set about 4 hours after the sun, but will look brighter early in the evening when they’re higher in the sky.

💙 January 31, PM: Moon meets Saturn

What: The waxing crescent moon meets with Saturn, the ringed planet

When: Friday January 31, approx. 45 minutes after sunset to approx. 2 hours after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye or binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63)

How: Once the sunset light has faded, find the moon close to the southwest horizon, with Saturn near it, looking like a bright star. Don’t be fooled by the much brighter Venus, higher above the moon and Saturn. They will set together about 2 hours after the sun, but will look brighter early in the evening when they’re higher in the sky.

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💙/❤️️ February 1, PM: Moon meets Venus and Neptune

What: The waxing crescent moon meets with Venus, the brightest planet, and Neptune, the furthest planet

When: Saturday February 1, approx. 30 minutes after sunset to approx. 3 hours after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye or binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63)

How: Once the sunset light has faded a bit, find the moon above the southwest horizon, and you should see Venus to its right, looking like a very bright star. To see Neptune, you’ll need a pair of binoculars and you’ll need to wait until the sky has darkened completely, at least 1.5 hours after sunset. There will be several stars brighter and of similar brightness to Neptune in the field of view, so you can use the above simulation to help you find Neptune. Note that even with binoculars, it will be challenging to see Neptune, depending on the light and atmospheric conditions, as well as your experience level. They will set together about 4 hours after the sun, but will look brighter early in the evening when they’re higher in the sky.

💛 Night of February 5-6: Moon occults Pleiades

What: The waxing gibbous moon passes in front of the bright Pleiades star cluster

When: Night of Wednesday to Thursday February 5 to 6, (exact time depends on location)

Equipment needed: Naked eye, binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63), or telescope (recommendations: Starsense Explorer LT 80AZ or Starsense Explorer LT 114AZ)

How: Check an astronomy app like SkySafari or Mobile Observatory to see if the occultation is visible from your location.

Once you’ve determined that it’ll be visible from your area, find a location away from light pollution. The moon will rise in late morning in the northeast, but the Pleiades cluster will not be visible until about an hour and a half after sunset, when it’s dark. The moon will pass in front of the star cluster sometime during the night, depending on your location. To find the exact timing of the occultation, use an app like SkySafari or Mobile Observatory. Centre on the moon, go to February 5 in the evening, and move forward in time by hours and minutes to see when the Pleiades appear to move behind the moon and reappear. Note that the disappearance or reappearance will only be visible if the objects are above the horizon but the sun is below the horizon. If the sun is not far below the horizon, it may be possible to see but difficult because of the bright dawn light.

Note that the gibbous moon is a lot brighter than the Pleiades, and binoculars or a telescope would make the observation a lot easier.

If the occultation is not visible from your location, it will be a close conjunction of the moon and Pleiades. Look at the moon anytime in the night of February 5 to 6 to see the two celestial objects together.

💙 February 6, PM: Moon meets Jupiter

What: The waxing gibbous moon meets with Jupiter, the king of the planets

When: Thursday February 6, starting approx. 1.5 hours after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye

How: The waxing gibbous moon will rise toward the northeast in mid-day, but you’ll need to wait until darkness to see Jupiter close to it. They will be highest in the sky a couple of hours after sunset and make their way west until they set in the northwest a few hours before sunrise.

💙 Night of February 16-17: Moon meets Spica

What: The waning gibbous moon passes very close to Spica, the brightest star in Virgo

When: Night of Sunday to Monday, February 16 to 17, approx. midnight to 1.5 hours before sunrise

Equipment needed: Naked eye, binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63), or telescope (recommendations: Starsense Explorer LT 80AZ or Starsense Explorer LT 114AZ)

How: The moon will rise around 11pm toward the east, with Spica by its side. Spica will become much easier to see later in the night, when the two celestial objects are higher in the sky. The time of their closest encounter will depend on your location, but they will pass close enough to each other to see both of them with binoculars or even a small telescope.

💛 February 24, PM: Saturn meets Mercury

What: Mercury meets with Saturn, the ringed planet

When: Monday, February 24, approx. 45 minutes after sunset to approx. 1 hour after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye, binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63), or telescope (recommendations: Starsense Explorer LT 80AZ or Starsense Explorer LT 114AZ)

How: Once the sunset light has faded, look very close to the western horizon to find Mercury and Saturn. Mercury will be on the right and the brighter of the two planets. This observation is somewhat challenging because they will be very low in the sky by the time the sky is dark enough to see them. Binoculars would really help to locate them, and a small telescope would be even better. As a reference point, they’ll be directly below the very bright Venus (first “star” to appear in the west), but much closer to the horizon.

💛 February 28, PM: Moon meets Mercury

What: The very thin waxing crescent moon meets with Mercury

When: Friday February 28, approx. 45 minutes after sunset to approx. 1 hour after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye or binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63)

How: Once the sunset light has faded a bit, look for the very thin crescent moon above the western horizon, directly below the very bright Venus, but very close to the horizon. You will need a near perfectly clear horizon (without any obstructions or clouds) and binoculars would really help in the search. Mercury will be right above the thin crescent moon, in the same binocular field of view.

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💙 March 1, PM: Moon meets Venus

What: The thin crescent moon meets Venus, the brightest planet

When: Saturday, March 1, approx. 30 minutes after sunset to 2 hours after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye

How: After sunset, look to the western horizon to see the waxing crescent moon close to Venus. The moon will be below and left of Venus, and both will shine brightly as they sit low in the sky together.

💙 March 5, PM: Moon meets Jupiter

What: The first quarter moon meets Jupiter, the king of the planets

When: Wednesday, March 5, starting approx. 30 minutes after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye

How: Look high in the sky toward the southwest after sunset to see the bright first quarter moon with Jupiter to its left. The two celestial objects will be positioned near each other in the sky. Both will be visible to the naked eye, and they will make their way west until they set toward the northwest after midnight.

💛 March 7, PM: Mercury's best evening visibility

What: Mercury, the planet nearest the sun, is at its best evening visibility of the year

When: Friday March 7, approx. 45 minutes after sunset to approx. 1.5 hours after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye or binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63)

How: Mercury is notoriously difficult to see because it always stays close to the sun, moving back and forth between the evening sky and the morning sky. On March 7, its apparent distance from the sun, along with the springtime angle of the ecliptic will make it easier to see. March 7 will be the best, but it should be fairly good for 2-3 days before and after as well. Get a clear view of the horizon toward the west. Start looking near that horizon about 45 minutes after sunset. Venus will be visible much earlier because it’s a lot brighter and a bit higher in the sky. Mercury will appear after Venus, looking like a fairly bright star in the glow of sunset near the horizon. It will set about 1.5 hours after the sun. This will be visible to the naked eye but binoculars would make it easier to find.

💙 March 8, PM: Moon meets Mars

What: The waxing gibbous moon meets Mars, the red planet

When: Saturday, March 8, starting approx. 30 minutes after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye or binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63)

How: The waxing gibbous moon can be seen toward the east in the afternoon, but you’ll need to wait for darkness to see Mars beside it. After sunset, the two will be high in the sky, Mars looking like a red-hued bright star. They will be closest to each other in the early part of the night, when you can use binoculars to see them together up close.

💛 March 10-12, PM: Venus meets Mercury

What: Venus, the brightest planet, meets Mercury

When: Monday to Wednesday, March 10-12, approx. 45 minutes to 1 hour after sunset

Equipment needed: Naked eye

How: Look toward the western horizon after sunset to see Venus and Mercury, two bright planets, close together in the sky. Venus will be the brighter of the two and will become visible well before Mercury, but Mercury will be next to it, on the left of Venus, making for a beautiful pairing. Both planets will be low on the horizon, so a clear, unobstructed view is essential to catch this event.

💙 Night of March 13-14: Total lunar eclipse

💛 March 29: Partial solar eclipse

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💙 April 1, PM: Moon meets Pleiades

💙 April 2, PM: Moon meets Jupiter

💙 April 5, PM: Moon meets Mars

💛 April 25, AM: Moon meets Venus and Saturn

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💙 May 3, PM: Moon meets Mars

💛 May 4-5, PM: Mars meets Beehive cluster

What: Mars, the red planet, meets with the Beehive star cluster

When: Sunday to Monday May 4 to 5, approx. 2 hours after sunset to approx. 2am

Equipment needed: Binoculars (recommendations: Cometron 7x50 or Skymaster 9x63) or telescope (recommendations: Starsense Explorer LT 80AZ or Starsense Explorer LT 114AZ)

How: This is a fairly subtle encounter between a relatively bright planet and a small but beautiful star cluster. Unless you are in a very dark area, you will likely need binoculars or a telescope to see the Beehive cluster. On either of those nights, find Mars once the sky is dark. It will be the reddish and fairly bright star toward the west a couple of hours after sunset, to the right of the moon. Point your binoculars or telescope at Mars and you should be able to see a small but lovely star cluster in the same field of view. They will be close enough to each other for a few days before and after to see with binoculars.

💙 May 22, AM: Moon meets Saturn

💙 May 23, AM: Moon meets Venus

💛 May 27, PM: Moon meets Jupiter

💙 May 31, PM: Moon meets Mars

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💛 June 8, PM: Jupiter meets Mercury

💙 June 19, AM: Moon meets Saturn

💙 June 22, AM: Moon meets Venus

💛 June 26, PM: Moon meets Mercury

💙 June 29, PM: Moon meets Mars

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💛 July 3-5, AM: Venus meets Uranus

❤️️ July 7, AM: Saturn meets Neptune

💙 July 10-13, AM: Venus meets Hyades cluster

💙 July 16, AM: Moon meets Saturn

💛 July 20, AM: Moon occults Pleiades

💙 July 21, AM: Moon meets Venus

💛 July 23, AM: Moon meets Jupiter

💛 July 28, PM: Moon meets Mars

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💙 August 1-20: Perseid meteor shower peaks Aug 13

💙 August 10-14, AM: Venus meets Jupiter Aug 12

💙 Night of August 11-12: Moon meets Saturn

💛 August 19, AM: Mercury's best morning visibility

💙 August 19-20, AM: Moon meets Jupiter and Venus

💛 August 21, AM: Moon meets Mercury

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💙 Night of September 7-8: Total lunar eclipse

💙 September 8, AM: Moon meets Saturn

💙 September 16, AM: Moon meets Jupiter

💙 September 19, AM: Moon meets Venus and Regulus

💛 September 21: Partial solar eclipse

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💙 October 5, PM: Moon meets Saturn

💛 Night of October 9-10: Moon occults Pleiades

💙 Night of October 13-14: Moon meets Jupiter

💙 October 15-27: Orionid meteor shower peaks Oct 21

💙 October 19, AM: Moon meets Venus

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❤️️ All month: Saturn's rings nearly disappear

💙 November 1, PM: Moon meets Saturn

💙 Night of November 9-10: Moon meets Jupiter

💙 November 28-29, PM: Moon meets Saturn

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💛 Night of December 3-4: Moon occults Pleiades

💙 December 6-7, PM: Moon meets Jupiter

💙 December 7-17: Geminid meteor shower peaks Dec 14

💙 Night of December 9-10: Moon meets Regulus

💙 December 14, AM: Moon meets Spica

💙 December 26, PM: Moon meets Saturn

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