It's in aquarius just now.

I've been noticing this for months now

Are they forgetting to switch it on?

We've got it down here in Devon, sorry , will give it a push and send it your way, hold on

Is that indoors?

Waits . . .

I had wondered if it was a New Moon, but that's not until Thursday (according to my diary). You should be able to see a Crescent Moon at the moment...

Just kidding, we aint got it either

Squiggle - i've never liked you 

 . . .and i was waiting patiently

I iz here 

Ooppss wrong moon byeeeeeeeeee

I KNEW you wud say that Moonworthy

You are never the wrong moon

Jupiter is not the Pole Star.

At the moment the moon is in our sky between 1 and 6 pm. not at night.

If you're looking south then the bright star you are seeing is Mars.

Jupiter is WNW and below the horizon.

Where is it next?

I shall look between 1-6pm

Sorry, I misread the info. The moon's in the sky between 5am and 3pm. It's quite near the sun, so I'm not sure how well it'll be seen.

OMG useless

I'm totally befuddled

Yes, Jupiter and venus are quite close to each other just now and are following the sun, while the moon is ahead of the sun.

Just let it go . . . i'm too thick

I'm not sure what they're saying about the moon in June.

By the end of this month you'll start seeing the moon after sunset and Venus and Jupiter will be there too. The planets might be too close to the horizon for easy viewing though.

So wot ya all saying is . . .

Cos its winter-ish - the  moon is out of sight - below the horizon?

No you're not. At the moment the moon rises and sets before the sun, as the month goes on the moon rises and sets a little closer to the sun. By the end of the month the moon will be rising and setting after the sun and will start being seen after dark as well as in daylight. In a few months time the moon will be seen at night only.

Something like that.

Arms Aloft - we got there

 wot the?

If you're interested in star gazing but just starting out, can I make a recommendation?

http://www.stellarium.org/

This free software is great.  You tell it where you are, and what is the time and date, then you get a "virtual" 360 degree panoramic view of the night sky.  If you click on a star or planet (or moon) it lists various statistics, one of which is the Magnitude which basically means the brightness, which is handy for identifying the brightest objects in our winter sky (in order: Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Sirius (the dog star), Saturn....).

Unfortunately I don't think it tells you which phase the moon is currently in, but I can tell you it is creeping towards "new moon" over the next week but is rising a bit earlier each day, so expect to see some nice celestial formations over the next few evenings involving the moon (still just about a crescent), with venus and jupiter.

If you want to know what phase the moon is in, or will be in the future, use this handy web page.

http://www.moonconnection.com/...hases_calendar.phtml

Thank you

I use Starry Night Backyard....but I think Mr Fluffy Thing bought it for me.

ohh I miss that! Had Starry Night on my old PC , loved it

Yeah, it's great. I love it.

So why did you not transfer it from your old PC?

Not sure how you figure that. :

The moon is in a slightly different position in the sky at the same time of day/night.

The relative movement of the planets take several days/months to be noticed and the stars' positions. relative to themselves, the planets and the moon, don't alter.

The moon, by the way, spends a period of each month in the daytime sky as well as the night time sky. What time of day/night that is and how high in the sky it gets depends on it's rotation round the Earth and the Earth's rotation around the Sun. I.E. The Seasons.

My old pc blew up  ! 

Where's the Moon?

I do like to look up and see the stars and constellations etc.I'm in me fifties now,however I've loved looking at the night sky for over forty odd years or so.However the"light" pollution means it';s not so clear now.

Ah well yes. I can understand that might have made transferring a tad on the awkward side.

It's behind you!!!

We've just had LED street lamps installed around here.  I was hoping it might improve the night sky as the light only travels downwards instead of in all directions like the old amber sodium lights.  However, it's ruined the night sky even more!!  The lights are so damn bright it's like being at a football statium, so although there is less light escaping into the sky, your eyes never truly switch to night vision.  I can't even see Orion now.