The planet Venus in the constellation Aquarius shines brightly above the Moon in the constellation Capricornus tonight. The binary star Iota Aquarii is visible below Venus. The hypergiant Nashira and the binary Deneb Algedi are visible above the Moon; Epsilon Capricorni & Kappa Capricorni are to the left of the Moon, and the G-type giant Iota Capricorni & the semiregular variable giant 29 Capricorni are visible to the right. #Venus #Moon #Aquarius #Capricornus #Hypergiant #Giant #SemiregularVariable #VariableStar #BinaryStar #Binary #Star #NightSky #Astronomy

The third supermoon of 2023, and the Moon's closest approach to Earth this year, is in the sky with Saturn and Neptune for a second night as the calendar changes to the month of September. To the right of Saturn are the globular clusters M15, M2 and M30 in a vertical line across the constellation Aquarius, and Jupiter and Uranus are trailing the Moon. September 28-29 will be the fourth and final supermoon of 2023. #BlueMoonSupermoon #BlueMoon #BlueSupermoon #Supermoon2023 #Supermoon #Moon #Perigee #Astronomy

The second supermoon of 2023 is in the sky tonight with Pluto, Saturn, and Neptune, setting above the constellation Sagittarius. The bright globular clusters M2 and M15 should be visible, above the glare of the Moon and to the right of Saturn, near the constellation Aquarius. The third and closest supermoon for this year is coming on August 30. https://earthsky.org/sky-archive/july-full-moon/ #Supermoon2023 #Supermoon #Moon #Perigee #Astronomy