April 2 - Moon and Jupiter, Tiangong

April 2 Moon and Jupiter, Tiangong by:

Tonight and tomorrow … Moon and Jupiter Stay up late, or get up before sunrise Tuesday and Wednesday mornings to catch the moon and Jupiter. Fiery death for Tiangong-1 and a plunge into the Pacific Reentry has been confirmed as April 2 at 00:16 UTC (April 1 at 8:16 p.m. EDT). Reentry occurred in the Pacific Ocean, northwest of Tahiti. Come to know the Big and Little Dippers The Big Dipper is easy. And, once you find it, you can find the Little Dipper, too. Mizar and Alcor, famous double star Mizar and its fainter companion star Alcor are easy to spot in the Big Dipper's handle.

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Tonight and tomorrow … Moon and Jupiter You can't miss 'em! They're the brightest objects in the sky from late night until dawn.

Forgotten boat and 3 planets Photographer Nima Asadzadeh caught Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn against the backdrop of the distant Milky Way center, from Lake Urmia, Iran. See Jupiter near the moon from late night to dawn tonight and tomorrow. See Mars and Saturn before dawn - in a single binocular field - all week, plus very near the moon on the morning of April 7. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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