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Tonight at a Glance

Waning Crescent 23%
Dark window: 17:19 – 06:40 (13 h 21 m)

Planet Highlights

Jupiter mag -2.6 · 25° alt · Gemini Details
GRS transit tonight:
Io Shadow transit begins
Io Transit begins
Io Shadow transit ends
Io Transit ends
+2 more — Details
Saturn mag 0.9 · 24° alt · Aquarius Details
Rings: Edge-on (rings nearly invisible) (0.7° north face)

Comets

PANSTARRS mag 6.5 · 36° alt · Pegasus Details
bright 2.12 AU Perihelion: Apr 19 (in 18d)

For Beginners (naked eye)

Double Cluster
NGC 869 Open Cluster
mag 4.3

At 21:00 look near the zenith

Perseus
M42
Great Orion Nebula Nebula
mag 4.0

At 21:00 look low in the southeast

Orion
M31
Andromeda Galaxy Galaxy
mag 3.4

At 21:00 look high in the west

Andromeda

Binocular Targets

Mira
68 Cet Variable Star
mag 3.0

At 21:00 look halfway up in the south

Cet
C28
NGC 752 Open Cluster
mag 5.7

At 21:00 look near the zenith

Andromeda
M33
Triangulum/Pinwheel Galaxy Galaxy
mag 5.7

At 21:00 look high in the southwest

Triangulum

Small Scopes (3–6 inch)

Castor
HIP 36850; Alpha Gem; 66 Gem Double Star
mag 2.0

At 21:00 look halfway up in the east

Gem
NGC 744
Open Cluster
mag 7.9

At 21:00 look near the zenith

Per
M76
Little Dumbbell Nebula Planetary Nebula
mag 10.1

At 21:00 look near the zenith

Perseus
M77
Cetus A or Squid Galaxy Galaxy
mag 8.9

At 21:00 look halfway up in the south

Cetus
R Tri
Variable Star
mag 5.3

At 21:00 look near the zenith

Tri

Big Scopes (8–12 inch)

NGC 1220
Open Cluster
mag 12.0

At 21:00 look near the zenith

Per
C56
NGC 246 Planetary Nebula
mag 10.9

At 21:00 look low in the southwest

Cetus
M74
Phantom Galaxy Galaxy
mag 9.4

At 21:00 look high in the southwest

Pisces
C23
NGC 891 Galaxy
mag 9.9

At 21:00 look near the zenith

Andromeda
C5
IC 342 Galaxy
mag 9.2

At 21:00 look near the zenith

Camelopardalis

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter

What would it be like to fly over the largest moon in the Solar System? In 2021, the robotic Juno spacecraft flew past Jupiter's huge moon Ganymede and took images that have been digitally constructed into a detailed flyby. As the featured video begins, Juno swoops over the two-toned surface of the 5,000-km wide moon, revealing an icy alien landscape filled with grooves and craters. The grooves are likely caused by shifting surface plates, while the craters are caused by violent impacts. Continuing on in its orbit, Juno then performed its 34th close pass over Jupiter's clouds. The digitally-constructed video shows numerous swirling clouds in the north, colorful planet-circling zones and bands across the middle -- featuring several white-oval clouds from the String of Pearls, and finally more swirling clouds in the south.

APOD is a service of NASA and Michigan Tech. U.

View on NASA APOD

Space News

Watch live: Artemis II launch

Artemis II, humanity's first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years, is set to launch on April 1, 2026, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon.

ESA — 31 Mar 2026

Europe's engines powering Artemis II

Europe's Service Module, equipped with 33 engines, will power the Artemis II Orion spacecraft, providing propulsion, power, and life support for the crewed lunar mission.

ESA — 30 Mar 2026

NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Deliver Artemis Science, Tech to Moon

NASA awarded Intuitive Machines $180.4 million to deliver science payloads to the lunar surface through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative supporting the Artemis program.

NASA — 27 Mar 2026

European eyes on Artemis

European engineers and specialists will contribute to Artemis II's mission, with the European Service Module providing critical systems for the spacecraft carrying the four-person crew toward the Moon.

ESA — 31 Mar 2026

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