moon - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/moon/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:07:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 moon - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/moon/ 32 32 103504436 The Great Texas Eclipse–April 8, 2024 https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-great-texas-eclipse-april-8-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-texas-eclipse-april-8-2024 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:07:24 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33165 The New Moon of Monday, April 8, 2024, aligns with the Sun and the Earth well enough to cast its shadow onto Earth, causing an eclipse. Since the Moon is at perigee (closest approach to Earth) on April 7, its shadow does reach the Earth.  Anyone in tha...

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]]> 741920 Partial Solar Eclipse Saturday, October 14! https://houstonnewmedia.org/partial-solar-eclipse-saturday-october-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=partial-solar-eclipse-saturday-october-14 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:53:01 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32948 The New Moon of Saturday, October 14, 2023, aligns with the Sun and the Earth well enough to cast its shadow toward Earth, causing an eclipse. However, the Moon is at apogee (greatest distance from Earth) on October 10, and does not come closest to the...

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]]> 673809 Meteor Shower | August 2023 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/meteor-shower-august-2023-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meteor-shower-august-2023-sky-happenings Tue, 01 Aug 2023 21:26:45 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32795 Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of August, including the approaching Perseid meteor shower. Mars is low  in the west at dusk, and hard to notice because it is only as bright as ...

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]]> 638934 New Moon Marks End of Ramadan | April 2023 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/new-moon-marks-end-of-ramadan-april-2023-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-moon-marks-end-of-ramadan-april-2023-sky-happenings Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32704 Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of April and a New Moon that helps mark the ending of the celebration of Ramadan. Venus is even higher in the evening sky this month.  It is...

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]]> 577241 Artemis has arrived at the Moon! https://houstonnewmedia.org/artemis-has-arrived-at-the-moon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artemis-has-arrived-at-the-moon Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:48:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32581 At 12:47 am CST on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, the Artemis I mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral. Thus begins NASA’s return to the Moon, as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of our last manned mission to the Moon, Apollo 17. Ea...

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]]> 484003 Lunar New Year | February 2022 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/lunar-new-year-february-2022-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lunar-new-year-february-2022-sky-happenings Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:45:47 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=31991 Jupiter remains in the west southwest as night falls.  However, Jupiter gets slightly lower each evening at sunset, until by mid-month it is getting lost in the Sun’s glare.  Once it’s gone, we’ll have no evening planets until August. Venus h...

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]]> 246275 Saturn Rises | July 2021 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/saturn-rises-july-2021-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saturn-rises-july-2021-sky-happenings Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:47:10 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31657 Mars is still low in the west—visible right as night falls.  Venus remains in the evening sky this month. It overtakes Mars on July 12; the two planets appear about one half degree (the size of the Full Moon) apart that night. Venus outs...

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]]> 138666 Exploring the Night Sky with Astrophotography https://houstonnewmedia.org/exploring-the-night-sky-with-astrophotography/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-the-night-sky-with-astrophotography Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:28:08 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31623 At the risk of sounding overly cliché, astrophotography is a hobby that is effortless to start and virtually impossible to master. Smartphones are so powerful now that almost anyone can point it towards the Moon and snap a decent picture. At its most b...

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]]> 133792 Summer Arrives| June 2021 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/summer-arrives-june-2021-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-arrives-june-2021-sky-happenings Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:28:55 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31606 Mars remains almost as bright as the stars around it in May 2021. And Mars is low in the west—still visible right as night falls.  Jupiter and  Saturn are the morning sky this month, low in the south. Venus also slowly emerges into the e...

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]]> 131877 Evenings with Mercury | May 2021 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/evenings-with-mercury-may-2021-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evenings-with-mercury-may-2021-sky-happenings Thu, 06 May 2021 15:47:04 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31581 Mars continues to fade a little bit each night now that Earth has overtaken it and is pulling away. However, it fades out gradually; Mars remains almost as bright as the stars around it in May 2021. And Mars is high in the west–well pla...

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