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Eyes on the Sky Update<\/strong> Monday, Nov. 27<\/strong> \u2013 Full Moon occurred this morning at 4:16 a.m. It will rise late this afternoon over the northeastern horizon just after 4:20 p.m. At just about the same time the sun will set in the southwest, opposite the full moon.\u00a0 The November full moon is known as the Beaver Moon in folklore.<\/p>\n Tuesday, Nov. 28<\/strong> \u2013 Look for Venus in the east-southeastern sky anytime between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m.\u00a0 Venus appears near the blue-white star, Spica, the brightest star of Virgo. \u00a0The separation gap between Venus and Spica will narrow for one more day then begin to widen.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Nov. 29<\/strong> \u2013 Saturn will reach its highest point in the sky in the south just after 5:30 p.m. \u00a0About a half hour later the 17-day old, waning gibbous moon rises in the northeast.\u00a0 Jupiter will reach its highest in the south just before 9:45 p.m. and the moon will do the same before 1:30 a.m.<\/p>\n Thursday, Nov. 30<\/strong> \u2013 When the bright waning gibbous moon rises just after 7 p.m. over the northeastern horizon, it appears next to the star Pollux, the brightest star of Gemini the Twins.\u00a0 Above Pollux is the other twin star, Castor.\u00a0 For about an hour starting around 11:30 p.m., the moon\u2019s motion will make these three objects form a straight line in the eastern sky.<\/p>\n Friday, Dec. 1<\/strong> \u2013 The stars of Orion are visible by 8 p.m. and are spanning low from the east to the east-southeast.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the tip of the Big Dipper\u2019s handle, the star Alkaid, is \u201cdragging\u201d along the northern horizon.<\/p>\n Saturday, Dec. 2<\/strong> \u2013 Tonight, the twenty-day old waning lunar gibbous is flooding its light over the faint cluster of stars in central Cancer the Crab as well as the rest of this dim constellation.<\/p>\n Sunday, Dec. 3<\/strong> \u2013 The moon, less than two days before Last Quarter, rises at 10:20 p.m. and shines adjacent to Regulus, the \u201cKing Star,\u201d the brightest star of Leo the Lion.<\/p>\n
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