Monday night's full moon will be the highest of the year. The moon, also called the Ice Moon, will be in the zodiacal constellation Gemini. It rises in the southeast at around the time of sunset. Look outside around midnight and be dazzled by how high it is in our sky, almost near the zenith. The moon will be in the same constellation where our noontime summer sun appears in June.

The constellation Gemini is the highest constellation  in the zodiac. It hosts those noon time hot suns of early summer. But in winter, the constellation is an easy to spot late at night. Gemini depicts mythological twins. There are two bright stars in the constellation called Castor and Pollux.

Nearby, you'll find the bright planet Mars, also in Gemini. Mars reaches opposition on Thursday, January 16. The planet will be closest to the earth in the coming week than at any other time in the last two years. It is 59.7 million miles away. Mars will dominate our skies for the months ahead, but it comes nowhere near as bright as Jupiter, now high in the eastern sky at sunset.

Venus is the brightest of them all. It hovers high in the western sky after sunset.