1. (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located in the sky or outer space, where the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars are visible.
2. (archaic, not comparable)
   1. (humorous) Of a nose: upturned, as if towards the sky.
   3. (often humorous) Of or relating to China; Chinese.
3. (figurative, comparable) Extremely beautiful, good, or pleasurable; divine, heavenly, wonderful.
4. (religion, not comparable) Of or relating to heaven as the place where deities (or the Christian God), spiritual beings, etc., exist; heavenly.
   1. Of or relating to one or more deities, or the Christian God; divine, heavenly.
   2. (Mormonism) Of or relating to the celestial kingdom, the highest degree of glory. [...]

Today is the eve of the first of two Astronomy Days in 2026, which falls on the Saturday nearest the first quarter moon between mid-April and mid-May. The event was started in 1973 by Doug Berger, the president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California.

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