SkyCaramba

The moon will appear 1.9° from Jupiter on Wednesday. They're both barely in the evening sky, setting not long after the sun. So, seeing them will be a challenge.

The moon will be new on Tuesday.

The moon is at perigee (closest to Earth) Monday, 359,000 km from Earth.

Jupiter is leaving the evening sky. Orion rises in the morning. Earth's aphelion is explained. The weekly podcast is available on many platforms, including Podtail. podtail.com/en/podcast/sky…

Mercury's on the other side of the sun today. That's called superior conjunction.

Northern lunistice happens Sunday. The moon will reach 28° north of the equator.

The moon is as close at 5.3 degrees from Uranus in the sky Saturday morning. Then it passes that close to Mars.

Venus and Regulus will appear very close tonight.

Finder guide for Melpomene and Flora this month.

Neptune has begun retrograde motion. It will appear stationary and appear to move westward among the stars until December 13.

Last quarter moon today. Also, the moon will pass 5.9 degrees from Saturn.

The moon passes 4.2 degrees from Neptune tonight.

Earth is at aphelion today--its farthest from the sun--152.1 million km or 94.54 million miles or 1.017 astronomical units.

The moon goes north over the equator Monday.

Two asteroids at opposition. One is named for muse of sorrowful song. Its date of discovery was a sad one for the person who named it. The SkyCaramba podcast is on many podcasting platforms, including Pocketcasts and on WRWO FM 94.5 in Ottawa, Illinois. pocketcasts.com/podcast/skycar…

Finder guide for Juno and Pluto this month.

Happy 250th birthday, America! We got you a present. 🇺🇸 The red, white, and blue stars of this globular cluster shine like a sparkler waved on a dark night in this image from @NASAHubble, released in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary.

From the US, look southwest at dusk tonight & see Spica, right about 250 light years away. The light you see from it may not have left on exactly July 4, 1776. But what a cool thing to look at as it gets dark enough for fireworks. #USA250 #Sestercentennial #astronomy #stargazing

One place to hear the SkyCaramba podcast is PodScan FM. This week's edition tells you what was going on in the sky 250 years ago as British subjects in the Americas decided they didn't want to be British subjects anymore. podscan.fm/podcasts/skyca…