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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.

Beaver Supermoon Will Be 2025’s Largest Full Moon on Nov. 5

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

Saturn Reaches Opposition Sunday With Rare Titan Shadow Transit Overnight

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

Total Lunar Eclipse on Sept. 7–8 Will Turn the Moon Red Across Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia

8% Crescent Moon Meets Mars Low in the West Tonight

Six-Planet Parade Visible Before Dawn as Mercury Hits Greatest Elongation

Six-Planet Parade Continues as Mercury Rises and Moon Approaches

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

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

Mars Odyssey Orbiter Captures First Horizon View of Arsia Mons Through Clouds

June Sky to Stage Antares Occultation, Strawberry Moon and Key Planetary Pairings