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Saturn’s Close Pass With a Half‑Lit Moon Highlights Its Stationary Pause as Mercury Turns Direct

Saturn’s rings were nearly edge‑on, giving the planet a slimmer profile through small telescopes.

Last Quarter Moon Draws Close to Jupiter Overnight in Easy Sky Show

Saturn Reaches Opposition, Brightest and Closest of 2025

Rare Dawn Conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Regulus Thrills Early Risers on Sept. 19

Moon Brushes Past Saturn as Pre-Dawn Five-Planet Parade Continues

8% Crescent Moon Meets Mars Low in the West Tonight

Crescent Moon Joins Ongoing Six-Planet Pre-Dawn Parade

Venus and Jupiter Coincide in Dawn Sky as Six-Planet Parade Unfolds

Venus and Jupiter to Converge Under One Degree on August 12 Pre-Dawn Sky

Moonlight Set to Dampen This Year’s Perseid Meteor Shower Peak

Earth’s Aphelion and Mercury’s Greatest Elongation Usher in July’s Night Sky Highlights