The new month starts with a full moon. In most months, when the moon’s full on the first day, it’s full again late in the month. But not with February. With 29.5 days on average between full moons, an ordinary February isn’t long enough for a second full moon. For two in one month, we […]

Three naked eye planets are completely or mostly out of sight this month. A few people may catch a glimpse of Mercury early on. Venus and Mars are simply too close to the sun all month. Earth is at perigee just a few days into the month. Our planet will be 98.3% of its average […]