Monday, June 03, 2013

"Good Night, Moon"

Waning Crescent

27 percent lit

By Blaine P. Friedlander, Jr.
June 1, 2013

...Mercury hangs out in the northwestern sky at dusk. (click here) On Sunday night, it will be low as the sky darkens at a negative 0.2 magnitude. Fleet Mercury changes rapidly over several nights and concurrently dims. Between June 6 and 8, it will be as high as it gets in this apparition but will continue to dim rapidly....