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Jun 4, 2024 · June 4, 2024: Venus is at superior conjunction on the sun’s far side. Saturn, Mars, and the crescent moon are in the eastern sky before sunrise.See the acco...
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1 day ago · Rising and Setting Times of the Sun and Moon. The rising and setting times given for the Sun and Moon refer to the moment when the topmost point of the solar or lunar disc can be seen on the horizon. This is the established astronomical method of calculation.
1 day ago · Jun 02, 2024, 09:06 AM. BEIJING – China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on June 2, overcoming a key hurdle in its landmark mission to retrieve the world’s first rock ...
3 hours ago · The last planetary alignment seen in the Northern Hemisphere was on 8 April, when the moon aligned with the sun in a solar eclipse. But five or more planets aligning is a rarer event. The next time us earthlings will be able to enjoy the sight of six planets in alignment will be 18 January, 2025.
1 hour ago · China's very own Chang'e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on the Moon's far side last Sunday. This endeavor serves as the latest leap in the decades-old space program of Beijing.
3 hours ago · When the first astronauts landed on the moon, the Sun published a special supplement called "The Moon!" The moon landing was arguably the biggest moment for the world's news media ever. A truly world-changing event that everyone could keep track of through broadcasts and newspapers, it captured the attention of people world wide, including in Vancouver.
10 hours ago · The solar day over the course of June 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
