The darkness this evening is brought to you courtesy of the new moon. If you venture outside this evening it is going to be particularly dark. If we are blessed with cold, clear night skies the star-gazing opportunities should be very good.
If you want to impress your friends and relatives with the astronomical arcane the new moon this evening is a supermoon. A full supermoon is spectacular to observe rising in the night sky as the close approach to earth lends a larger appearance.
Because this evening's supermoon is a new moon you will not see it as its passage between the earth and the sun makes it invisible. It's out there, super-large and out of sight, so I suppose you'll have to take my word for it.
Enjoy the next few nights of extra dark skies.
No skeets this time of year!
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