An orange-red dot near the glowing lunar disk.

Tuesday December 6, 2022

An illustration of Mars. The planet will be at opposition on Dec. 8, meaning Earth will be in the middle of a straight line with the sun at one end and Mars at the other. During this time Mars will appear large and bright in the night sky. (Image credit: Starry Night Education)

  A cloudy night sky in December will keep the temperatures from falling back and keep backyard astronomers indoors. There is a lot of cloud cover around thanks to a long wave trough that’s slowly…