The Moon passes 0.3° south of the bright red giant star Antares at 7 P.M. EST. However, the pair isn't visible this evening, as they'll rise in the early-morning sky, so we'll feature them tomorrow.

For the third time this year, the bright red star Antares will be occulted or hidden by the moon on Thursday, May 23. The first occasion came on Jan. 8, involving a thin waning crescent moon in ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and catch the Moon as it passes by Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. This pairing will happen in the hours near dawn on ...