The large gibbous moon passes by the ringed planet Saturn this weekend. Take a look at any time in the early evening and you’ll see the two in the southern most zodiacal constellation Scorpius. They are a spectacle low in the southeastern sky after sunset.

For those walking the shoreline on east-facing beaches, enjoy the moonbeams reaching across the water to where you stand. Wherever you walk along the shoreline, the moonbeams will likely follow.\

On Monday night, the full moon appears closer to the zodiacal constellation Sagittarius. We call this the Summer Moon; it marks an important start to the Island’s stellar season. Nights are at their shortest, and daylight is longer now than any other time in the year. This is the one full moon we have in June.

It is also one of the two lowest full moons of the year. The next one will be in July, when the full moon is in Sagittarius, another southern constellation in the zodiac.

Venus

Venus is high in the southwestern sky right after sunset. The brilliant planet hovers in our western sky for several hours, well into the evening.