I'm an award-winning journalist writing about the night sky and eclipses.
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead . Be sure toThis week, the solar system is the focus, with the rise of the full “ Pink Moon ” blotting out a meteor shower before an early morning conjunction of Mars and Neptune . Lyrid Meteor Shower , Moon And Spica
Look southeast during dusk, and you’ll see a 99%-lit moon shining brightly next to Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo. Come midnight, it’s the peak of the Lyrids meteor shower, which produces about 20 “shooting stars” per hour. The radiant will be near the bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra, which rises in the northeast after dark. However, a very bright waxing gibbous moon will make them tricky to see. Best wait untilBitcoin Halving Triggers Unprecedented Crypto Chaos As Price Suddenly Surges
The fourth full moon of 2024 and the second of spring in the northern hemisphere, the “Pink Moon,” will turn full at 23:48 UTC/7:48 p.m. EDT. However, it will be best seen as moonrise where you are. Also known as the “Egg Moon” and the “Awakening Moon,” it will mark the first day of the Jewish festival of Passover . This full moon signals the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, the first of the Hebrew year. Spica will be above the rising full moon.If you look to the southeast at midnight tonight, you’ll see a 90%-lit waning gibbous moon shining just a third of a degree below Antares, a red supergiant star in the constellation Scorpius.
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