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Eyes on the Sky Update<\/strong> Monday, Oct. 30<\/strong> \u2013 Brilliant Jupiter rises over the east-northeast horizon tonight at 6 p.m. \u2013 just 10 minutes after sunset. The current Evening \u201cStar,\u201d Jupiter appeared near the full Hunter\u2019s moon on Saturday night. Meanwhile Saturn, about 25 times dimmer than Jupiter, is at its highest in the south around 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Tuesday, Oct. 31<\/strong> \u2013 Happy Halloween! It\u2019s the eve of Hallowmas Day, in some calendars, the beginning of the \u201cdark\u201d season, the season when the sun is at its lowest in the sky, with shorter days and longer nights. Moon in Taurus tonight.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Nov. 1<\/strong> \u2013 The current Morning \u201cStar,\u201d Venus, rises almost directly east at 3:30 a.m. By sunrise (about 7:30 a.m.), Venus is high in the southeast. In the evening sky, the waning gibbous moon rises from the northeast at 8:20 p.m.<\/p>\n Thursday, Nov. 2<\/strong> \u2013 Tonight, the 20-day-old, waning gibbous moon will be among the stars of Castor, the western twin of Gemini. By 6 a.m. the next morning, the moon will have moved to be among the stars of Pollux, the eastern twin of Gemini. Jupiter is directly opposite the sun during the night, technically, Jupiter is at \u201copposition.\u201d<\/p>\n Friday, Nov. 3<\/strong> \u2013 Orion\u2019s belt stars rise over the eastern horizon after 9:30 p.m. while the stars of the Summer Triangle (Altair, Deneb and Vega) are getting lower in the west.<\/p>\n Saturday, Nov. 4<\/strong> \u2013 Sirius, brightest star of the night sky, is at its highest in the south around 5 a.m. Sirius is the marker star of Canis Major, the Greater Dog constellation, and hence is known as the \u201cDog Star.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday, Nov. 5<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cFall back\u201d to Eastern Standard Time. Last quarter moon occurs at 3:37 a.m., it rises the previous night at 11:25 p.m. EDT and this evening at 11:30 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n
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