Mars is the sole bright planet out at nightfall. Jupiter rises at late night, followed by Saturn a few hours later. Venus and Mercury appear briefly before daybreak.
From most of Earth, the moon will be more than 24 hours old Saturday evening. It'll be an excellent evening to look west shortly after sunset for a very thin crescent moon. This little moon will soon follow the sun down in the west. So look as the sky begins to darken! Read more.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mike Lewinski in Tres Piedras, New Mexico - of Wilderness Vagabonds on Facebook - caught this glorious fireball on April 3 at 11:12 p.m. He said it left a persistent ion train that lasted more than 6 minutes. This is a cropped image of the fireball. Mike commented he captured it with an automatic camera set-up, but that his lens had frosted over a bit. Check out Mike's animated gif!
