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Associated Press

A full moon and comet share double billing in a special night sky show this weekend.
A lunar eclipse starts everything off Friday night. The moon will pass into Earth’s penumbra, or outer shadow. The moon won’t be blacked out like in a full eclipse. Only part of the moon will be shaded, but it should be easily visible from much of the world.

Comet 45P, meanwhile, will zoom past Earth early Saturday. It will be a close encounter as these things go, passing within some 7 million miles.
The comet will be visible in the constellation Hercules. Binoculars and telescopes will help in the search.
Stargazers have been tracking Comet 45P for the past couple months. The ice ball comes around every five years.


Full moon and comet starring in night sky this weekend

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, file photo, a nearly-full moon is seen among Christmas lights at a holiday display near Lenexa, Kan. Israeli scientists reported Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, that rather than one giant impact that knocked off part of early Earth and created the moon, a number of smaller collisions may have produced lots of mini-moons. And those mini-moons, over millions of years, may have clumped together to make one large one. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

The full moon rises behind a tree next to the ruins of the ancient marble Temple of Poseidon, built in 444 BC, at Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens. Photo: AP

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