Here's the thing: That giant moon you see, as you look at the horizon, is the same size as when you see it in the sky. It's ...

The bright gibbous Moon passes 4° north of Uranus at 5 A.M. EST. At that time, the Moon sits in Aries the Ram, while Uranus is just over the border in far western Taurus the Bull. The two set ...

The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation ... arm's length covers about 10 degrees of sky.) The bright pair will be visible ...

Although the 98%-lit waning Moon will rise in darkness tonight in the southeastern night sky, it will do so with the ringed planet Saturn about 4° above it. Binoculars will be handy for glimpsing ...