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Looking Up: Watch the Moon cover a bright star

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This Saturday evening, March 4, 2017, the First Quarter Moon passes in front of a bright red-orange star by the name of Aldebaran. Visible from across most of the United States, the sight of a bright star disappearing behind the Moon adds to the fascination of star watchers.The Moon will be situated to the upper right of the famed constellation Orion, which has its own bright, fiery red-orange star, Betelgeuse. Aldebaran is in the neighboring constellation Taurus the Bull.One can say [...]

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