Find Jupiter, Mars, and Regulus lined up before sunrise. After sunset, the nearly full Hunter’s Moon appears near Saturn.

The next seasonal Full Moon, known as the Hunter’s Moon, occurs on October 25 at 11:12 p.m. Central Time. It appears farther eastward each night as the bright gibbous moon waxes. Chart Caption – 2026: ...

Find the bright Hunter’s Moon near the Pleiades before sunrise, watch Mars approach Jupiter and Regulus, and observe Saturn ...

Find the Full Hunter’s Moon near Saturn, Jupiter and Mars before sunrise, and observing details for Mercury, Venus, Uranus, ...

Venus and the moon make their final appearance together in the eastern sky before sunrise during this Venusian apparition. Their next pairing occurs during brighter morning twilight. Venus has been ...

Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 7:03 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 6:09 p.m. CDT. Times are calculated by the US Naval Observatory’s MICA computer program. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times. Before ...

At Chicago’s latitude, darkness soon exceeds daylight. Compare the duration of this period in Chicago, Anchorage, and Miami.

March 13, 2026: As the Vernal Equinox approaches, daylight nears 12 hours. Venus shines in bright twilight after sunset, Jupiter stands high in Gemini, and Uranus lingers in Taurus near the Pleiades.

July 7, 2026: Venus closes in on Regulus after sunset while the waning moon appears near Saturn before sunrise. Follow the changing lunar phase and the bright evening and morning planets. Photo ...

September 7, 2026: The waning crescent moon aligns with Castor and Pollux before sunrise while Jupiter and Mars shine in the eastern sky. After sunset, brilliant Venus shines low in the west-southwest ...

Photo Caption – 2020, August 14, 2020: One day before their close grouping, the crescent moon is 13° to the upper right of Morning Star Venus. Sirius is making its first morning appearance in the east ...

2020, August: Sirius is visible, without a binocular, in the east-southeast, 46 minutes before sunrise. Sirius was the revered Nile Star or Star of Isis to ancient Egyptians. Its annual appearance ...