• Stargazing News - January 29th, 2025

    From CJ@21:2/156 to All on Tue Jan 28 06:19:47 2025
    Wednesday, January 29, 2025

    New Moon

    The moon will reach its new phase on Wednesday, January 29 at 7:36 a.m. EST, 4:36 a.m. PST, or 12:36 UT. At that time our natural satellite will be located in Capricornus and 4.6 degrees south of the sun. While new, the moon is travelling between Earth and the sun. Since sunlight can only reach the far side of the moon, and the moon is in the same region of the sky as the sun,
    the moon becomes unobservable from anywhere on Earth for about a day (except during a solar eclipse). On the evenings following the new moon phase, Earth's planetary partner will return to shine in the western sky after sunset.

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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