{"id":672764,"date":"2026-11-02T15:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/672764\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:22:13","slug":"see-the-crescent-moon-line-up-with-mars-jupiter-and-a-bright-star-in-the-morning-sky-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/672764\/","title":{"rendered":"See the crescent Moon line up with Mars, Jupiter and a bright star in the morning sky this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mars and Jupiter are currently visible in the southeast before sunrise, looking like two beautiful stars shining in the morning sky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As November rolls on, the mornings will get darker and the planets will get closer together, meaning this is a beautiful naked-eye sight that you shouldn&#8217;t miss.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/easy-naked-eye-stargazing.jpg\" alt=\"Easy naked eye stargazing this week. Credit: Shimpei Yamashita \/ Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-167673\"\/>Credit: Shimpei Yamashita \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mars and Jupiter are currently very easy to see and, with sunrise now getting later and later, it&#8217;s not too much of an early rise to see the planet pair in the sky before you start your day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week on 3 and 4 November, the crescent Moon joins the scene, forming a line in the sky that includes Mars, Jupiter and Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s all you need to know to see the crescent Moon meet Mars and Jupiter this week.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 3 November<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/mars-jupiter-moon-3-November-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Chart showing the Moon with Mars, Jupiter and Regulus, 3 November 2026. Credit: Stellarium\" class=\"wp-image-195522\"\/>Chart showing the Moon with Mars, Jupiter and Regulus, 3 November 2026. Credit: Stellarium<\/p>\n<p>Look to the southeast before sunrise<br \/>\nIn order of lowest first, you&#8217;ll see Regulus, the crescent Moon, bright Jupiter and Mars<br \/>\nThe four-body alignment will climb higher towards the south before being swallowed by the morning twilight<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 4 November<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/mars-jupiter-moon-4-November-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Chart showing the Moon with Mars, Jupiter and Regulus, 4 November 2026. Credit: Stellarium\" class=\"wp-image-195523\"\/>Chart showing the Moon with Mars, Jupiter and Regulus, 4 November 2026. Credit: Stellarium<\/p>\n<p>Look to the southeast before sunrise<br \/>\nRegulus, Jupiter and Mars form a neat trio that resembles the three-star formation of Orion&#8217;s Belt<br \/>\nThe Moon is much lower now than it was the previous morning<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you observe or photograph Mars, Jupiter and the Moon this week, get in touch by emailing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/mailto:contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mars and Jupiter are currently visible in the southeast before sunrise, looking like two beautiful stars shining in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,60,82,247],"class_list":["post-672764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}