5 Sky Events This Week: Moon Confers With a Jovian Giant and a Celestial Maiden
Stargazers will also get the chance to see the blue-green dot of distant Uranus.
The moon moves into the late evening skies this week and, to the delight of backyard astronomers, pays a visit to some of the brightest destinations in the solar system and beyond.
The cosmic duo will appear less than six degrees apart in the sky—slightly more than the width of your three middle fingers when held at arm's length.
Watch carefully. During the height of the eclipse, the combined light of the two moons will dim noticeably, by just over a half magnitude.
Earth's natural satellite will appear in close conjunction—separated by only four degrees—with the bright star Regulus, located 79 light-years away.
It is amazing to the think that the light by which we see this star tonight began its journey to Earth
