🌖 🪐 The waning gibbous Moon passes close to Saturn over the next few hours. The pair is best seen between midnight and dawn with closest approach at 23h UT on August 3rd. To spot Saturn, look for the bright yellow "star" a few degrees from the Moon. 🔭 August Sky Calendar: Skymaps.com/skycalendar/

🌟 On August 2nd at 8h UT (now), Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation appearing 19.5° from the Sun in the morning sky. Mercury will be at magnitude 0.3 at the time.🔭 August sky events: skymaps.com/skycalendar/

💫 The August 2026 edition of The Evening Sky Map (PDF) is now available for download at skymaps.com/tesm/. The PDF features easy-to-use sky maps for the northern & southern hemispheres and equatorial regions. Please share and enjoy exploring the night sky! 🔭 #stargazing #space #nightsky

Jupiter at conjunction with the Sun at 12h UT on 29 July 2026 (now). The largest planet passes into the morning sky. 🔭 #stargazing

The Dwarf planet Pluto reaches opposition at 21h UT on 24 July (now). Pluto is currently in the constellation Capricornus. Mag. 14.4. 🔭 #stargazing #Pluto

The Moon will reach apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (now) on 25 July 2026. At this time the Moon's distance from Earth will be 405,548 km or 251,996 miles and span an angular size of 29.5 arc-minutes. 🔭 July Sky Calendar: skymaps.com/skycalendar/ #stargazing

🌓 21 July: First Quarter Moon at 11:05 UT (now). The days around First Quarter Moon are a great time to view craters and many other lunar features. Use a telescope for some incredible views. 🔭 Sky Calendar: skymaps.com/skycalendar/ #stargazing #moon #space

🌟 🌗 Over the next few hours the First Quarter Moon will pass near Spica, the brightest star in Virgo. Closest approach is at 3h UT on 21 July. The gathering will be visible worldwide in the evening sky. Spica is located near the ecliptic making for regular close encounters with the Moon. 🔭

Sharing the spectacular crescent Moon and Venus pairing from South Australia last night (17 July 2026). #stargazing 🔭

🌙 🌟 Over the next few hours the crescent Moon will appear close to the planet Venus, with closest approach at 16h UT on July 17th. The beautiful scene is visible worldwide and is best viewed about an hour after sunset. Simply look up! 🔭 skymaps.com/skycalendar/

🌘 ⭐ Over the next few hours the crescent Moon will appear near the bright star Regulus in the evening sky. Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo (the Lion) and is located on the Ecliptic making for regular encounters with the Moon. 🔭 Lore: Skymaps.com/myths/

14 July: New Moon occurred at 7:44 UT. Start of lunation 1281. 🌟 The next few days remain a great time for evening stargazing. Download The Evening Sky Map (PDF) (skymaps.com/tesm/) and enjoy exploring the Universe with your eyes, binoculars or a telescope! 🔭 #stargazing #space

🌙 On July 13th, the Moon reaches its point of perigee, coming nearest to Earth at 7:57 UT (now). At this time, the lunar body will exhibit an angular diameter of 33.3 arc-minutes and be 359,112 kilometers or 223,142 miles away. 🔭 July 2026 Sky Calendar: skymaps.com/skycalendar/ #stargazing #Moon

At 1h UT on July 13th (now) Mercury will reach inferior conjunction with the Sun. The innermost and most elusive planet begins its passage into the morning sky. 🔭 #stargazing #space Upcoming events: skymaps.com/skycalendar/

The Moon is currently in the morning sky where it appears close to the Pleiades star cluster (aka The Seven Sisters or M45). Closest approach is at 0h UT on 11 July. Simply look up in the pre-dawn sky to enjoy the view. 🔭 #stargazing Imaged with an Askar SQA55 rig: skymaps.com/ir0/

Over the next few hours Venus — the Evening Star — will pass close to Regulus, the brightest star in Leo. Closest approach (0.97°) occurs at 23h UT on 9 July 2026. The pairing is easily visible worldwide in the early evening sky. Mags: −4.1 & 1.4. 🔭 July Sky Calendar: skymaps.com/skycalendar/

🌗 🪐 The Last Quarter Moon appears close to Saturn over the next few hours. The pair is visible in the morning sky with closest approach around 7h UT on July 7th. To spot Saturn, look for the bright yellow "star" a few degrees from the Moon. 🔭 #stargazing More sky events: skymaps.com/skycalendar/

🌓 🪐 The near First Quarter Moon appears close to Saturn over the next few hours. The pair is visible in the morning sky with closest approach around 17h UT on July 7th. To spot Saturn, look for the bright yellow "star" a few degrees from the Moon. 🔭 #stargazing More Events: skymaps.com/skycalendar/

🌎 Earth at Aphelion (farthest from the Sun) on July 6 at 17h UT (now). The Sun-Earth distance is currently 152.1 million km, or 5 million km (3.1 million miles) further than perihelion 6 months ago. 🔭 July 2026 Sky Calendar: skymaps.com/skycalendar/

Over the next few hours, the planets Mars and Uranus will appear very close to each other in the morning sky, 38° from the Sun. Closest approach occurs at 7h UT when the planets will be just 0.1° apart. Mags. 1.3 and 5.8. 🔭 More June sky events: skymaps.com/skycalendar/

🌕 The Full Moon in June 2026 occurs at 23:57 UT (now) on the 29th day of the month. Step outside this evening and look up to enjoy the view of our nearest celestial neighbor. 🔭 July 2026 sky events: skymaps.com/skycalendar/ Imaging rig: skymaps.com/ir2/

💫 The July 2026 edition of The Evening Sky Map (PDF) is now available for download at skymaps.com/tesm/. The PDF features easy-to-use sky maps for the northern & southern hemispheres and equatorial regions. Please share and enjoy exploring the Universe! 🔭 #stargazing #space #starmap

🌟 🌔 In a few hours, the waxing gibbous Moon will pass near Spica, the brightest star in Virgo. Closest approach is at 20h UT on 23 June. The pairing will be visible worldwide. Spica is located near the ecliptic (near Virgo's left knee) making for regular close encounters with the Moon. 🔭

🌓 21 June: First Quarter Moon at 21:55 UT (now). The days around First Quarter are a great time to explore craters and other lunar features. A telescope will provide stunning views. 🔭 📖 NG Moon Map (Amazon): skymaps.com/a1/1566959535/ #stargazing #moon

☀️ The June solstice occurs at 8:23 UT (now) on 21 June 2026. This is the instant when the Sun reaches the point farthest north of the celestial equator marking the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere (Summer Solstice) and winter in the Southern Hemisphere (Winter Solstice). 🔭

On 20 June 2026 at 3h UT (now), Venus will appear 0.70° NNE of the Beehive star cluster (M44). Look up about an hour after sunset to observe the pairing. Use binoculars for a better view. 🔭 More sky events: skymaps.com/skycalendar/

In a few hours the Moon will pass near Regulus the brightest star in the constellation of Leo. Closest approach occurs around 13h UT on 19 June 2026 with an occultation visible from South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar and Zimbabwe. 🔭 in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=...

🌟 On June 15 at 20h UT (now), Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation appearing 25° away from the Sun in the evening sky. Mercury will be at magnitude 0.6 at the time.🔭 #stargazing

Sad to hear that Alan Hale passed a few days ago. Dr Hale was the co-discoverer of the widely observed Comet Hale-Bopp which peaked in 1997. The photo shows Alan Hale (left) and Bill Bradfield (right) -- 20th century's most prolific visual comet discoverer (18 comets). 🔭 #comet

Step outside in the early evening and simply look up to view the strikingly beautiful Venus-Jupiter conjunction. The conjunction is visible for several days worldwide, with the two planets at their closest (1.6°) at 21h UT on 9 June 2026. 🔭 More events: Skymaps.com/skycalendar/