Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Moon near the Twins (all night)

When the waning gibbous moon rises over the eastern treetops on Tuesday evening, November 19, it will be positioned a short distance below (or southeast of) the bright golden star Pollux, which marks the head of Gemini's eastern twin. The slightly fainter and whiter double star Castor will shine above them. Bright reddish Mars will be located well below the moon. Our natural satellite shifts east by about its own diameter every hour, so observers viewing the scene later or in more westerly time zones will see the moon farther from Pollux and closer to Mars. The diurnal rotation of the sky will also pivot their line to horizontal for early risers viewing them high in the west at dawn on Wednesday.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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