What star is next to the moon?

Answer 1

I would say that the closest star to the moon would be the sun. But what do I know.

Answer 2

I'm amazed that most people don't know that the Moon is in orbit around the Earth, and its position changes by about 15 degrees every 24 hours. The stars change not at all, the planets move slowly against the starry background, but the Moon moves really quickly in front of the fixed stars. So it's the Moon that's moving, so that it's next to Mars one night, next to the stars Castor and Pollux the next night, next to Saturn a few nights later.These conjunctions are predicted in astronomical handbooks and are available online, for example here:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/events_2007.html

Answer 3

Last night (rather, early this morning), 'twas Saturn.

Mars was so last-week!

Tonight, the Moon will rise after midnight. There will be no really bright star right next to it. It is in Virgo, in an area where there are only faint stars (the "brightest" in the area is called Porrima and the Moon will be a few degrees south of it tomorrow morning -- Dec. 31).

Early morning Jan 1 (awake or not) the Moon will be next to Spica, the only bright star in Virgo.

On the morning of the 4th, just before sunrise, the old crescent Moon will be somewhat near Venus (the very bright planet that rises just before the Sun).

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The question is not "closest" but rather "next to" which is an appropriate way to describe two bodies that appear almost on the same line of sight on the celestial sphere, even if their real physical separation is measured in hundreds of light-years.

Answer 4

There is no star next to the moon. Depending on the phase of the moon, the time of day, and the season, it could be any star.

Answer 5

The sun is the closest star, if that's what you mean. Otherwise, it's true that the stars which appear in the vicinity of the moon change on an hourly basis as the moon moves around us in it's orbit.

Answer 6

The star, known by the Romans as 'Sol' is the closest one to the moon . It is commonly known as the sun and is about 93 Million miles from the Earth/Moon system.

The next nearest star is about 4.1 light years away - that's very very far!

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Answer 7

The stars are always changing location in relation to the moon. The moon orbits the Earth, so because of that the star background is constantly changing. Same goes for the planets you can see (Mars, Venus, Jupiter, etc).

Answer 8

It called a 'conjunction' of Venus and the moon..
Isn't it an awesome sight?


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Answer 9

You've managed to bring them out, sister. And I think, despite some of them trying to appear dumb, that they all know what you mean.

In tonight's sky, the bright one close to the moon is Saturn. The next one in the line is the bright star Regulus, which is in the constellation Leo.

Answer 10

well, if your talking about stars as in people, Hilary has my vote to be next to land on the moon. maby she'll find her calling and stay up there. then she would at least have a descent shot at the presidency (on the moon of course).