Six planets will all be visible at once in the night sky this month, lined up across the sky—but one is set to disappear from ...

BOSTON - The highlight of the week is coming tonight in the night sky - the lunar occultation of Mars. First off, at 5:27 p.m. the moon will be officially full. The full January moon is known as ...

That’s because the moon is passing in front of Mars, which is called an occultation. “If there's one thing I'm looking forward to out of the year, it's the Mars occultation,” Rice said.

In fact, if you happen to be observing Mars and the Moon from parts of northern Scandinavia and Iceland on 9 February 2025, you will see a lunar occultation of Mars, where the Red Planet will ...

The Vernal Equinox occurs on Saturday, March 22 to begin spring in the northern hemisphere. Days and nights will be equally 12 hours long, and the sun will rise due east and set due west on that day.