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Watch for the daytime moon after sunrise this week

Watch for the beautiful daytime moon this week, a pale orb floating against a blue sky in the morning hours. Look west! You'll see it!

A mountainous horizon with setting suns at far left and right, and 2 in the middle.

See the year’s fastest sunsets and sunrises around equinoxes

The year's fastest sunsets and sunrises happen around the equinoxes, and the slowest sunsets and sunrises happen around the solstices.

Golden sunrise with rays and clouds beyond dark hills and a silhouetted windmill.

Latest sunrises late December and early January

Did you know the latest sunrises don’t occur on the shortest day, and the latest sunsets don’t fall on the longest day of the year?

Twilight sky with a bright pink fuzzy band in the sky above a dark band over a mountainous horizon.

How to see Earth’s shadow at sunrise and sunset

Just before sunrise and after sunset, you can spot Earth's shadow. Look west at sunrise and east at sunset. Learn more about Earth's shadow here.

Large planet with banded, cloudy atmosphere and bright sun in distance.

Eternal sunrises, sunsets viewed on distant exoplanet

The Webb Space Telescope probed eternal sunrises and sunsets on exoplanet WASP-39b. It found differences in the atmospheres.

A series of photos of the sunrise, over water, where the bottom of the sun seems to

Meet an omega sunset and sunrise

An omega sunset or sunrise is an inferior mirage. It's produced by a layer of warmer and less dense air close to an ocean surface.

Chart of dawn sky with three planets and slanted green line of ecliptic.

Cool! See all 4 rocky planets before sunrise in February

See all 4 rocky planets before sunrise from February 11 to 16. Mercury, Venus and Mars make a pretty triangle in the sky, and Earth is beneath your feet.

Moon joins up with Venus in the morning sky.

Spectacular! Moon and Venus before sunrise

Over these next few days - December 11, 12 and 13, 2090 - watch for the waning crescent moon to pass by the dazzling planet Venus.

Look west after sunrise for the daytime moon

We're past full moon, but the moon is still big and bright. Watch each morning in the west for a pale daytime moon floating against a blue sky.

Wildfire sunsets and sunrises

The western half of North America is getting some spectacular sunrises and sunsets now, as wildfires rage. Photos here from the EarthSky Community.

Hello, sunrise!

First sunrise in 4 months at Concordia Research Station in Antarctica, about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from the geographic south pole.

Waning crescent moon and Venus adorn the morning sky in mid-August 2020.

Spectacular! Moon and Venus before sunrise August 14 to 16

Enjoy an eyeful of the moon and Venus as they meet up in the morning sky in mid-August 2020!

Slender waning crescent moon swings by Venus and then Mercury in the morning sky.

Moon and Venus beautiful before sunrise July 16-19

These next several mornings - July 16, 17 and 18, 2020 - enjoy the waning crescent moon, the queen of the night, pairing up with Venus, the queen planet.

Dusty sunrises and sunsets over U.S. South

See the layers of dust set against this South Carolina sunset? That dust came from Africa's Sahara Desert. It traveled across the Atlantic Ocean this month to cause dusty skies across the U.S. South and into Texas.

Celebrate solstice sunrise at Stonehenge live online

This year, solstice celebrations at Stonehenge monument are canceled due to Covid-19. But for the 1st time, you can celebrate the 1st sunrise of summer from Stonehenge online.

Moon and morning planets on May 14, 2020.

Moon and Mars before sunrise May 14

On May 14, 2020, the moon is at or near its last quarter phase and close to the red planet Mars on the sky's dome. Watch for the half-lit moon in the predawn sky; the red planet will be near it.

Seek a daytime moon after sunrise

The next several mornings, after sunrise, present the perfect time to catch a daytime moon over your western horizon after sunrise.

Composite image. Silhouette of a mountain ridgeline - at dawn, above a city - composed of separate images taken of the sunrise, showing the sun's movement between the June and December solstices, and on the equinox.

A year of sunrises

We're between the extremes now, in a place of balance, near an equinox. This composite image shows how the sun moves along your horizon each day at sunset and sunrise, as Earth moves in orbit around the sun.

Moon and morning planets on March 16, 2020.

Last quarter moon and planets before sunrise March 16

Look outside before dawn on March 16, 2020 for the last quarter moon. Its illuminated side will be pointing at the planets Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. Some people will catch Mercury, too, shortly before sunrise.

Standing wave cloud at sunrise, over Zimbabwe

Standing wave clouds form when wind blows over a mountain.

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Watch for the daytime moon after sunrise this week

See the year’s fastest sunsets and sunrises around equinoxes

Latest sunrises late December and early January

How to see Earth’s shadow at sunrise and sunset

Eternal sunrises, sunsets viewed on distant exoplanet

Meet an omega sunset and sunrise

Cool! See all 4 rocky planets before sunrise in February

Spectacular! Moon and Venus before sunrise

Look west after sunrise for the daytime moon

Wildfire sunsets and sunrises

Hello, sunrise!

Spectacular! Moon and Venus before sunrise August 14 to 16

Moon and Venus beautiful before sunrise July 16-19

Dusty sunrises and sunsets over U.S. South

Celebrate solstice sunrise at Stonehenge live online

Moon and Mars before sunrise May 14

Seek a daytime moon after sunrise

A year of sunrises

Last quarter moon and planets before sunrise March 16

Standing wave cloud at sunrise, over Zimbabwe