Sunday, June 16, 2024

Bright Moon Poses with Spica (evening)

On Sunday afternoon, June 16 in the Americas, the waxing gibbous moon will rise in mid-afternoon and ascend the southeastern sky until dusk. Once the sky darkens in late evening, look for Virgo's brightest star Spica twinkling several finger widths to the moon's right (or 3 degrees to its celestial WNW). Spica is a hot, white, B1-class star 250 light-years from our sun. Hours earlier, skywatchers located in the region northeast of the Black Sea can use binoculars and backyard telescopes to watch the moon occult Spica.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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