The next full moon on May 24-25 is a supermoon, but the perigee full moon on June 23 will be the most “super” supermoon of five in 2013.
brucemcclure
Bruce McClure has been a night sky and space writer and editor for EarthSky since early 2004. He is the chief writer for the popular EarthSky Tonight pages. He also writes astronomy articles, gives planetarium shows and hosts a wide assortment of public astronomy programs in and around his home in upstate New York. If you ask an astronomy question on our site, it’s likely to be Bruce that answers it. His love for the heavens has taken him to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, and he has sailed the North Atlantic, earning his celestial navigation certificate through the School of Ocean Sailing and Navigation. Bruce is also a sundial aficionado. He says his "number one passion"- besides his wife Alice - is stargazing. He believes the scroll of the lore-laden heavens, written in a language universal and more enduring than any human artifice, is our shared heritage. And he shares EarthSky's vision for stewardship, hoping future generations will enjoy uncontaminated air, soil and water, and a clear window to the universe.
Posts by Bruce McClure
Tonight | May 17, 2013
.Two planets await you in the western twilight, and set shortly thereafter, but the moon and Regulus stay out all evening long.
Tonight | May 17, 2013
We passed between the sun and Saturn on April 28. May 2013 is a good time to see Saturn. Tips and charts that’ll let you locate the ringed planet.
Tonight | May 16, 2013
Learn about the constellation Cancer – and learn why you probably won’t see it tonight in the moon’s glare.
Tonight | May 13, 2013
Jupiter and Venus are both now visible after sunset. As the month passes, Mercury will join them. Meanwhile, Saturn is also in the evening sky.
Tonight | May 13, 2013
Jupiter and Venus line up with the moon in the western sky after sunset on May 13, 2013. Start watching these planets now. They have an awesome conjunction ahead!
Tonight | May 12, 2013
The moon and brilliant planet Jupiter are close together in the west after sunset on May 12, 2013. The bright planet Venus is also nearby.
Tonight | May 11, 2013
You’ll need an unobstructed horizon to see the planet Venus below the moon and Jupiter on May 11, 2013.
Tonight | May 10, 2013
Catch the youngest of young moons near the planet Venus on Friday, May 10. Jupiter is the bright object above them in the western twilight.
Tonight | May 09, 2013
To see the annular eclipse of the sun from land on Friday, May 10, 2013, you have to be in just the right place in Australia, Papua New Guinea or the Solomon Islands.
