planet Saturn. From the eastern part of the world - Asia, Australia and New Zealand - the moon and Spica will rise at roughly the same time. In fact, the moon will occult - cover over - the moon as seen from the northeastern part of Australia and Indonesia. Click here for more information.
• The above chart shows the sky for around 9 to 10 p.m. at mid-northern North American latitudes. If you live in Europe or Asia, look for the moon to be farther away from Saturn and closer to Spica. By the way, you can distinguish Spica and Saturn by color. Spica sparkles blue-white, while Saturn exhibits a steadier golden light. If you can't discern color with the unaided eye, try viewing these celestial gems with binoculars.
• As you gaze at Saturn, you might enjoy thinking about Saturn and its largest moon Titan, as shown in this new image (above) from the joint NASA/ESA/ASI spacecraft mission to Saturn. This Cassini mission has been orbiting within the Saturn system since 2004, and what amazing images it has given us!
• Now back to thinking about Earth's moon - very beautiful in its own way, and now only a few days past full moon - still big and bright in our sky. Tonight's waning gibbous moon - like any waning gibbous moon in early spring - rises a good while after dark. Watch for it to ascend over your eastern horizon a few hours after nightfall. The moon will rise earlier after sunset in the Southern Hemisphere because the recent March full moon was their first full moon of autumn - their Harvest Moon.
• Saturn remains somewhat close to the star Spica throughout 2013, and in many ways this proximity makes both Saturn and Spica easy to see. Two bright objects in the east at evening for the remainder of this month and April 2013 are likely to be

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