Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers looking east a couple of hours after dark this ...

Friday, November 28 First Quarter Moon occurs at 1:59 A.M. EST. While Luna is not visible in the morning, our satellite will grace the evening sky, hanging near Saturn as the planet comes to a ...

The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit, at 6:07 A.M. EST, when it stands 221,806 miles (356,962 kilometers) away. Some 12 hours later, Full Moon occurs at 6:14 P.M. EST, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights ...

Notable planetary phenomena include Saturn reaching a stationary point near a waxing Moon in Aquarius (November 28-29) and Mercury concluding its retrograde motion to become brighter and visible with ...