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In Our Skies, September 2023: Annular Solar Eclipse

In Our Skies, September 2023: Annular Solar Eclipse

by Shaphan Shank | Sep 1, 2023 | 2023, 09 September, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Eclipses, In Our Skies, Lunar Eclipse, Meteors, Moon, Solar Eclipse, Sun

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine You’ve probably noticed that the Moon appears larger when it lies just above the horizon. This is just an optical illusion. However, the Moon actually does vary in its distance from Earth because its orbit is eliptical....
2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Viewing

2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Viewing

by Kevin Shank and Lester Showalter | Aug 1, 2023 | 2023, 08 August, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Eclipses, Exploring Our Skies, Solar Eclipse, Study Guide, Sun

View the August 2023 Nature Friend Study Guide When?Saturday, October 14, 2023. Annularity reaches Oregon’s Pacific coast at about 9:13 a.m. PDT, and moves southeast, exiting into the Gulf of Mexico off the shores of Texas at 12:03 p.m. CDT.Where?All of North and...
2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Viewing

In Our Skies, March 2023: Hybrid Solar Eclipse

by Shaphan Shank | Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, 03 March, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Conjunctions, Eclipses, In Our Skies, Meteors, Solar Eclipse

View the March 2023 Nature Friend Magazine One of the closest planetary conjunctions of the year will occur on the first evening of March. On this evening, the two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, will approach to about 0.5° from each other. The brilliant pair...

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