The moon reached its peak brightness at 8:53 a.m. EST (1353 GMT) on Feb. 12, but local moonrise and moonset times will depend ...

However, at 8th magnitude, Eunomia should still be visible to larger scopes even with the bright background light ... 10:17 A.M. With no Moon in the evening sky, the stars of the Little Dipper ...

Stargazers can also glimpse a full moon and a bright Venus during cloudless nights in the middle of the month. Once the sun goes down on Monday, Feb. 3, six planets and the moon will line up ...