The Delta Aquriid Meteor Shower peaks overnight tonight. Image from Sky&Telescope.

Full Moon tonight echoes the Great Conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn at Winter Solstice 2020 because it occurs in nearly the same place along the ecliptic where that meeting occurred.

The crescent Moon sweeps past Venus and Mars looking west after sunset tonight.

Look for Venus and Mars near the beehive cluster in the region fo Cancer tonight, one hour after sunset

Once every 19 years the Moon comes Full at the Feast of St. John, as though it popped out the solstice door, as imagined by Kay Nielsen in the tale “The Lassie and Her Godmother.”

The moment of Summer Solstice occurs at 11:31 pm edt

Catch the fabulous coupling of Crescent Moon and Venus (pictured here at its crescent phase) looking west 40 minutes after local sunset.

The annular solar eclipse of June 10, 2021 is the only eclipse of the 21st century that will cast its shadow over the very top of the world, at the North Pole.

Waning gibbous Moon meets Jupiter in the morning sky

Total Lunar Eclipse kicks off the 2021 eclipse season.

The constellation Coma Berenice, the golden hair of Berenice, is a constellation once thought to to have been placed by the divine hand of Venus.

The Hey Diddle Diddle New Moon occurs at 3:01 pm today, which means it’s time for singing songs to the stars. Image detail from The Star Tales of Mother Goose, available in our shop.

Moon meets Saturn looking east in the early morning hours of May 3, 2021

Halfway through each season, we come to its cross quarter. But before cross quarter is achieved, we pass through the mischief of the night before. In the sping, this is known as Walpurgis Night.