Stargazers in the U.S. will find the waxing gibbous moon above the southwestern horizon as the sun sets on July 3, with Spica ...

Trundling along the ecliptic plane in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the evening sky.

Both the bright star Spica and Mars can be found below and left of the Moon. Moonlight will make it difficult to spot Virgo's fainter stars but Spica is bright enough to stand out.

This is “Looking UP! in southern Colorado,” from the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society. I’m Hal Bidlack, and there are lots of reasons to look up! A ...

This Week’s Night Sky: Look for Pyramid-Shaped Lights. ... The striking, steely blue star Spica is the 15th brightest star in the sky despite being just over 250 light-years from Earth.

A waning crescent moon will creep closer and closer to Spica until the star's light is extinguished in the blink of an eye on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 27.

One is the celestial lion, Leo, which headlined our column last month. To its left, there’s a distinct Y-shape of stars, rising upwards from a bright blue-white star called Spica. The ancient ...

The occultation will be visible from Houston, beginning with the disappearance of Spica behind the moon at 4:53 a.m. CT in the eastern sky at an altitude of 14.4 degrees, according to In-The-Sky ...