Three worlds come together!
The crescent Moon, bright Venus, and reddish Mars are putting on a show in the evening sky.
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The #newmoon on May 19 at 15:53 UTC is a #blackmoon.
There are several definitions for a Black Moon—this one is the third New Moon in a season of four New Moons. This occurs about once every 33 months.
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Earth lights up the Moon! The days around New Moon are a good time to see earthshine, where the dark part of the Moon is subtly illuminated by sunlight reflected from Earth.
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On May 12, at 14:28 UTC, the #Moon will be 50% illuminated by the Sun. The #ThirdQuarterMoon is also known as the #LastQuarter and is the last primary phase in the Moon’s cycle.
Find out more about #MoonPhases in our article and video:
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Happy birthday Sir David Attenborough—97 today! His much-loved nature documentary series include “The Living Planet”—a reminder that Earth is the only place where life is known to exist.
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Shooting star alert! The #EtaAquarids #MeteorShower is active these days and peaks in the nights between May 5 and 7—depending on your location.
Image from our Meteor Shower Map set for Sydney, Australia, on May 7 at 05:00 (5 am) local time.
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Near miss! During the #penumbral lunar #eclipse on May 5, the Moon will pass within about 160 km (100 miles) of the darkest part of Earth’s #shadow.
According to our numbers, it’s the 4th closest near miss in the period 2001 to 2050.
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This year’s Flower Full Moon—at 17:34 UTC on May 5—is special: it will produce the deepest #penumbral #eclipse until September 2042.
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May kicked off with #LaborDay on May 1, and there’s a faint #PenumbralLunarEclipse for parts of Europe, Africa and Asia on May 5–6.
…and on May 24 #timeanddate.com turns 25 years old!
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Our friends wrap up #GAM2023 today.
Highlights online include “Adventures in Astronomy Live-Streaming”—featuring timeanddate’s Anne Buckle and Graham Jones—and our April 20 eclipse show.
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We caught some lovely #prominences around the edge of the #Sun during last week’s eclipse.
Our local star is lively at the moment: this week, #auroras — aka the #northernlights — have been spotted in parts of the US and Europe.
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#GoldenHandle on the #Moon. Around two days after #FirstQuarter (on April 27 at 21:19 UTC), a curved “handle” appears on the terminator.
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One of the oldest recorded #MeteorShowers, the #Lyrids, peak around the night of April 22-23.
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Image from our Interactive Meteor Shower Sky Map showing the sky above New York City on Saturday, April 22 at 23:15 EDT.
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The days around #New Moon (on April 20 at 04:12 UTC) are good times to see #Earthshine. Just as the Moon can light up our surroundings on a dark night, a bright Earth can do the same to the #Moon.
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The #ThirdQuarterMoon on April 13 at 09:11 UTC marks the last primary Moon phase before the April 20 #TotalSolarEclipse.
We are streaming the eclipse LIVE:
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It's #Easter. Many religious holidays have dates based on the #MoonPhases, including the Christian #EasterSunday.
It falls on the first Sunday after the #PaschalFullMoon that falls on or after March 21.
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April’s #FullMoon is at 04:34 UTC on April 6.
Over the next two weeks, as the #Moon wanes, it will act as a celestial egg timer—counting down to a #solareclipse at #NewMoon on April 20.
10 things about the April 20 #eclipse:
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#timeanddate is bringing the sky to your screen. We’re live streaming the Apr 20 #TotalSolarEclipse, and we spill all the secrets of how it happens in a special live session, today, Apr 1, at 14:00 UTC.
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Sunday, April 2, 2023: #DST ends in #Australia and #NewZealand. Aussies and Kiwis get another hour of sleep as clocks are turned back one hour early Sunday morning.
Find out which states in Australia use DST
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Look up for the #FirstQuarterMoon hanging out with the twins. On Mar 29, at 02:32 UTC, the #Moon will be 50% lit up, and in the constellation #Gemini (the twins).
Image from our #NightSkyMap from Mar 29 at 21:30 (9:30 pm) local time in #NewYorkCity.
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Since March 26, #Lebanon has been operating with two local times one hour apart—some people following #SummerTime and others #StandardTime.
What time is it in Lebanon now?
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The #Sun is about to rise and set one hour later in #Europe as DST starts. Most countries spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 26, 2023.
#DST in Europe is synchronized to happen at 01:00 UTC across all the #TimeZones.
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#Eclipse alert! The #NewMoon on March 21 marks one lunar month until a #TotalSolarEclipse on April 20.
The only way we can see a New Moon is when it eclipses the Sun, so don’t miss your opportunity.
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In the #NorthernHemisphere, #spring starts as we reach the #MarchEquinox on March 20 or 21, depending on your time zone. In the #SouthernHemisphere, it marks the first day of astronomical #autumn.
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#NorthAmericans beware! Mondays can be rough, and arguably the #Monday after the #Spring #DST change is rougher.
Find some comfort here:
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The US and Canada will #SpringForward 1 hour on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
#DST in North America always happens at 2 am in each #TimeZone, but some states and provinces don't change their clocks.
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After eight years without #DaylightSavingTime (DST), the Egyptian government has announced that the country will set the clocks forward on April 28, 2023.
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Happy #Northern dwellers! March is a month of increasing light, and by the end of it, the #Sun won't go down until 20:16 local time (8:26 pm) at timeanddate HQ in #Stavanger, Norway.
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The #Moon reaches #FirstQuarter at 08:05 UTC on Feb 27. At the same time, it passes close to #Mars in the sky—from parts of the Arctic, it will appear to cover the Red Planet.
Here our Night Sky Map shows the view from New York at 9pm local time on Feb 27.
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What is the birthday connection between Presidents #Obama, #Trump, and #Biden?
#Washington’sBirthday, or #Presidents’Day as it is also called, is on Feb. 20 this year. Find out if you're born on the same day as a #President:
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