Tonight’s gibbous moon appears in the zodiacal constellation Pisces. The moon spends the weekend moving through this large constellation, a constellation that depicts two fish swimming.
Pisces is a constellation we associate with late summer and fall.
Tonight’s gibbous moon appears in the zodiacal constellation Pisces. The moon spends the weekend moving through this large constellation, a constellation that depicts two fish swimming.
Pisces is a constellation we associate with late summer and fall. Early in the evening Pisces rises in the east. While it is one of the largest constellations in the zodiac, the stars that reside within it are not as bright or as distinguishable as other more popular constellations.
Drifting through and amid the stars of Pisces, the moon has no competition — no distinct star that outshines all others.
Uranus, the sixth planet in our solar system, has resided in Pisces for years, but it is only barely visible. Binoculars are necessary. Uranus is twice the distance from the Earth as Saturn, a planet that appears high in the southwest after sunset. While it takes our Earth one year to orbit the sun, it takes Uranus 84 years.
As night progresses, more interesting constellations appear. The zodiacal constellation Aries, one of the smallest constellations in the zodiac is just east of Pisces. Aries. the ram, is made up of a minumum of four principal stars, alo