Subj : Stargazing News - June 27th, 2025
To   : All
From : CJ
Date : Thu Jun 26 2025 06:09 am

Friday, June 27, 2025

Earthshine Moon and Mercury Bracket the Beehive (after sunset)

For several days after its new moon phase each month, the moon displays
Earthshine, also known as the Ashen Glow and "the old moon in the new moon's
arms". That's sunlight reflected off Earth and back toward the moon, slightly
brightening the dark portion of the moon's Earth-facing hemisphere. In the
lower part of the western sky after sunset on Friday, June 27, the Earthshine
moon will shine nearly a fist's diameter to the upper left (or 9 degrees to
the celestial east) of Mercury's prominent dot. Once the sky darkens, place
the moon at the upper left edge of the field of view of binoculars and look
for the large, scattering of stars that make up the Beehive Cluster. 

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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