9.6 day old moon
72.3 percent lit
February 21, 2021By Jamie Carter
This week (click here) is all about the “Snow Moon,” the full Moon of February. Its light will spill into the night sky and make stargazing harder, though planet-spotters won’t be affected. That’s lucky because before dawn on Thursday a rare “conjunction” of three planets will take place. Here’s everything you need to know about the night sky this week.
Look south after dark and you’ll see an 87%-lit waxing Moon close to Pollux in the winter constellation of Gemini, eventually forming a straight line with Pollux and its twin star Castor in the early hours of the morning in North America. Pollux is a giant star 34 light years distant.
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