What star or planet is it thats usually close to the moon looking from central U.S.??

Answer 1

If you mean the bright object sometimes near the moon when it's low in the sky around sunset or sunrise, it's Venus, otherwise known as the morning star or evening star. Three ways to verify that it is Venus:
1. After the Sun and moon, it's the next brightest natural object in the sky.
2. It's never seen more than a couple of hours after sunset in the western sky or before sunrise in the eastern sky, though it's bright enough to sometimes be visible just before sunset or just after sunrise.
3. With good binoculars resting on something solid (to prevent vibration) you can sometimes make out a disk (or some part of it, depending on phase). Venus is the only planet whose disk can be seen without a telescope.

Answer 2

There is no star or planet that is usually close to the Moon, but all the planets and many bright stars are sometimes close to the Moon. I recall one day when my grandmother asked me what was the bright star near the Moon. On that day it was Venus, so I told her it was Venus. The next day she called again and exclaimed, "IT MOVED!". I told here that everything moves all the time and she was amazed. She though it was only Earth that moved. That is the kind of misconception that people who don't pay attention to the sky have. It is very easy. Just look up!

Answer 3

Depending on the date, there could be many answers to this. Can you be more specific?

But if you mean today (June 27, 2006), then the Moon appears to be close to the following in the sky from central U.S.: Mercury, Mars, Saturn, the constellation Cancer, and M44.

On July 5, 2006, the Moon will appear to be close to Jupiter and the constellation Libra.

Answer 4

Since the moon tracks all the way around the sky every 28 days, it gets close to every bright object in the sky. The moon follows the same elliptic path that all the planets in our solar system follow.

Answer 5

My understanding is, some times Venus is also the first star out when the sun goes down; but this was way after that. I believe it was something else. Also, I thought that the planets orbits followed the equatorial line of the moon, except for Neptune.

Answer 6

mars

Answer 7

all the time it is mars

Answer 8

MARS