When the Curves Line Up

May 14, 2022: Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – stretch across the eastern sky before sunrise.  One evening before its total eclipse, the bright moon is in the southeast as night falls. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 14: Morning Planets, Featuring Mars, Bright Evening Moon

May 13, 2022:  The four morning planets are visible in the eastern sky before sunrise.  As night falls, the waxing gibbous moon is near Spica.  Corvus the Raven is nearby. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 13: Morning Planets, Evening Moon, Raven

May 12, 2022: The four bright morning planet gems – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – continue to sparkle in the eastern sky.  The bright gibbous moon is in the southern sky after sunset. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 12: Bejeweled Morning Planets, Bright Evening Moon

May 11, 2022:  Four bright morning planet gems – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are stretched out along the eastern horizon.  During the evening hours, Mercury recedes into bright twilight. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 11:  Morning Planet Gems, Goodbye Mercury

May 10, 2022: The four morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are along the eastern horizon before sunup.  Mercury begins to retrograde as it moves toward bright twilight along with winter’s evening stars. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 10: Morning Planet String, Mercury in Disappearing Act

May 9, 2022: Morning Star Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are strung along the eastern sky before sunrise.  After sundown, the gibbous moon is near the Sickle of Leo, while Mercury is low in the west-northwest. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 9: Four Morning Planets, Evening Sickled Moon

Year-round daylight time is not needed.  Year-round standard time with local communities making their own decisions about the placement of the clock’s hour hand is a better choice than the late sunrises that daylight time creates. Year-round or not, a different approach may yield better results. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022: Let’s End the Year-Round Daylight Saving Time...

April 5, 2022:  Today is a Mars – Saturn conjunction.  Mars slowly passes Saturn in the eastern sky before sunrise.  Morning Star Venus is to the lower left of the conjunction. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 5: Mars – Saturn Conjunction Before Sunrise

May 8, 2022:  Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – stretch across the eastern sky.  As night falls, the First Quarter moon is near Leo as Mercury is low in the west-northwest. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 8: Four Morning Planets, Evening Leo Moon

May 7, 2022: Venus continues to stretch the gap to Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn in the eastern sky before sunrise.  The evening moon is in front of Cancer while Mercury is low in the west-northwest. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 7: Eastern Planets, Evening Crabby Moon

May 6, 2022: The four bright morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn, shining like gems on a necklace, stretch across the eastern sky.  The evening moon is near Pollux while Mercury is quickly departing the western sky after sundown. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 6: Morning Planet Gems, Evening Moon

May 5, 2022:  Morning Star Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gleam from the eastern sky this morning.  A lovely lunar crescent is in front of the Gemini as Mercury recedes into bright twilight. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 5: Four Morning Planets, Lovely Evening Lunar Crescent

May 4, 2022:  The bright morning planets, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn, are strung along the eastern sky.  Mercury and the waxing moon are in the west-northwestern sky after sundown.  The bright stars of winter are disappearing for the season. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 4:  Morning Planets, Evening Moon, Disappearing Stars

May 3, 2022: Four morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are strung across the eastern sky, like gems on necklace, before sunup.  Mercury and the crescent moon are in the western sky as night falls. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 3: Morning Planet Necklace, Evening Gored Moon

May 2, 2022: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are strung across the eastern sky like gems on a necklace before sunup.  Mercury, the crescent moon, and the Pleiades star cluster are in the western sky after sundown. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 2: Morning Planets, Evening Mercury, Crescent Moon

May 1, 2022: Venus is close to Jupiter in the eastern sky this morning with Mars and Saturn nearby.  The crescent moon re-enters the evening sky below speedy Mercury. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, May 1: Morning Planets, Evening Crescent, Mercury

April 30, 2022:  This is the morning of the Venus – Jupiter proximate conjunction.  Mars and Saturn are nearby. Mercury is near the Pleiades in the west-northwest after sundown. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 30: Venus – Jupiter Proximate Conjunction, Evening Mercury

April 29, 2022:  This evening, Mercury has a conjunction with the Pleiades star cluster.  In the eastern morning sky, four bright planets – Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn – stretch across the sky. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 29:  Mercury – Pleiades Conjunction, Morning Planet Gems

April 28, 2022: Four planets – Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn – are in the eastern morning sky.  Look for Mercury and the Pleiades star cluster in the west-northwest after sundown. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 28: Morning Planet Necklace, Evening Mercury, Pleiades

April 27, 2022: Look for the crescent moon below Venus and Jupiter.  Venus passes Neptune in a close conjunction.  Speedy Mercury is in the west, near the Pleaides star cluster after sundown. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 27: Morning Planets, Moon, Venus – Neptune Conjunction, Evening Mercury

April 26, 2022: A spectacular lunar crescent is visible with the four morning planets, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn.  Mercury is seen in the west-northwest after sundown. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 26: Spectacular Morning Crescent, Evening Mercury

April 25, 2022:  The crescent moon appears like a pendant on the morning planet necklace made by Jupiter, Morning Star Venus, Mars, and Saturn.  After sundown, Mercury approaches the Pleiades 2022, April 25: Pendant Moon, Evening Mercury . This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 25: Pendant Moon, Evening Mercury

April 24, 2022: The thick crescent moon approaches the four morning planets – Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn – in the east-southeast before sunrise.  Mercury nears the Pleiades star cluster after sunset. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 24: Crescent Moon, Morning Planets, Evening Mercury, Pleiades

April 23, 2022:  The nearly half moon approaches the four morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars in the eastern sky.  Mercury is in the west-northwest after sundown. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 23:  Moon Joins Morning Planets, Evening Mercury

April 22, 2022: Morning Star Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars are in the eastern morning sky before sunup to the east of the slightly gibbous moon.  Mercury is in the western evening sky, approaching the Pleaides star cluster. This episode is also available as a blog post: 2022, April 22: Morning Planet Jewels, Moon, Evening Mercury