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Month: January 2023

Earth Reaches Midpoint in Orbit Between Solstice and Equinox

Posted on January 25, 2023January 29, 2023 by Dave

Earth Reaches Midpoint in Orbit Between Solstice and Equinox: February 2nd is an astronomical Cross-Quarter Day, one of four days in the year when the Earth is midway between the the Equinoxes and the Solstices. This month’s Cross-Quarter Day is called Groundhog Day in the USA, and I’ll bet that 99.9% of the population has…

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January Skies are Incredible for Learning the Stars

Posted on January 1, 2023December 20, 2022 by Dave

It isn’t easy, this star business, and it’s terrifically hard to learn the night sky in any season, unless you have someone with you who knows it well already, and can tell the tales that make the forgetting impossible. Well, January’s a good month to get started. Around 8 p.m. local time, there are constellations…

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The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (99% of Full)

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    February’s Full Moon is called the Snow, Wolf or Hunger Moon. The Full Moon also marks an astronomical event, the first of the year’s four Cross-Quarter Days (Groundhog Day, Mayday, Lammas, and Halloween). See page two for details…

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