12/03/2025
🌕✨ December 3 — The Moon Meets the Seven Sisters ✨🌌
On December 3, 2025, the nearly full Moon (99% illuminated) will rise beside one of the night sky’s most beloved treasures — the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters. A golden Moon glowing above the mountains, an observatory dome watching from below, and the icy-blue star cluster shimmering nearby… it’s a celestial scene worthy of a painting.
🌙 A Rare Occultation
For millions of skywatchers across North America, Europe, and northern Africa, this isn’t just a close pass — it’s a lunar occultation.
The Moon will glide directly in front of the Pleiades, briefly hiding several of its brightest stars:
• Electra
• Merope
• Maia
• Alcyone
From cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, the Moon will pass right through the heart of the cluster, making stars blink out and reappear at its shadowed edge.
Binoculars will help you catch these disappearances despite the Moon’s strong glare.
🌌 The Seven Sisters
The Pleiades lie 444 light-years away in Ta**us — a young cluster of hot blue stars known across countless cultures for thousands of years. Though called the “Seven Sisters,” the cluster contains over a thousand stars, with only six or seven visible without equipment.
✨ Don’t Miss This Cosmic Meeting
Whether you’re inside or outside the occultation zone, step outside after dark and look to the eastern sky.
The Moon and the Pleiades rising together is one of the most beautiful sights of the entire year — a moment where lunar brilliance meets ancient starlight.
A dance of gold and blue, written across the December sky. 🌙💫
