Attention skygazers: Witness Venus and Jupiter hanging out like two peas in a pod! At twilight today (March 1), catch the pair above the western horizon during sunset and just a little bit after. Details on this and other events:
The Next Full Moon is the Snow, Storm, or Hunger Moon; the Wolf or Candles Moon; the Chinese Lantern Festival Moon; Tu BiShvat; the Thaipusam Festival Moon; Magha Purnima; and Navam Poya.
Many lunar and lunisolar calendars start the months on the new Moon, and the full Moon is the middle of the month. In the Islamic calendar this full Moon is near the middle of Rajab, one of the four sacred months in which warfare and fighting are forbidden. As this lunar cycle progresses, Jupiter, Mars, and the background of stars will appear to shift westward each evening , while bright Venus will move slowly the other direction, shifting towards Jupiter until they pass each other just half a degree apart on March 1. On February 6, the bright star Regulus will be 5 degrees to the right of the still full Moon near the east-northeastern horizon.
Monday evening into early Tuesday morning, January 30 to 31, 2023, the bright planet Mars will appear near the waxing gibbous Moon. Mars will be 3 degrees to the lower left of the Moon as evening twilight ends , the Moon will reach its highest in the sky 1.5 hours later with Mars 2 degrees to the upper left. Mars will swing around the Moon, passing quite close to the Moon early Tuesday morning .
We have a tradition in the USA that if the groundhog sees its shadow, winter will end on Groundhog Day. If not, winter will last six weeks more . Groundhog Day appears to tie back to European lore about whether or not badgers, wolves, or bears see their shadows. Many believe that our Groundhog Day and Candlemas traditions tie back to earlier celebrations for the start of spring in the old calendar. It seems plausible to me that it was confusing to have two competing dates for winter's end.
As mentioned above, the next full Moon will be on Sunday afternoon, February 5, 2023, at 1:29 PM EST. The Moon will appear full for about 3 days around this time, from early Saturday morning through early Tuesday morning. Sunday morning, February 12, 2023, will be the last morning the planet Mercury will be above the east-southeastern horizon as morning twilight begins.
Sunday morning, February 19, 2023, at 4:06 AM EST, the Moon will be at perigee, its closest to the Earth for this orbit. Tuesday evening, February 21, 2023, the bright planet Venus will appear about 8 degrees above the thin, waxing crescent Moon on the west-southwestern horizon, with the Moon 9 degrees above the horizon as evening twilight ends and moonset an hour later . This will be one of the crescent Moons that looks most like an upright bowl or a smile, and is called the Wet Moon or the Cheshire Moon.
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