Thus on Monday evening, the moon rises in the east about half an hour after the sun goes down. This full moon carries the name Milk Moon or Planting Moon. If you could see the Earth, moon and sun from a vantage point high above the solar system tonight, you'd find these three bodies more or less in a straight line. That's why tonight's moon rises in the east around the time that the sun sets in the west.
Every full moon is more or less opposite the sun.
It has to be, in order for the fully lighted hemisphere of the moon to face in our direction. Now back to today's chart. Antares in the constellation Scorpius . Tonight's Sky is produced in association with the Earth and Sky Radio Series. Permission to use, copy and distribute these materials without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and the materials are not redistributed for profit.