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See a wafer-thin crescent moon leapfrog Jupiter this week. See Jupiter pair up with a sliver of the moon tonight. Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky.
The new moon occurs at 11:02 p.m. EDT on Monday night. So, on Tuesday evening, in order to enhance your chances for getting a view of both the hairline-thin crescent moon and Jupiter, make sure ...
The bottom line: “About 30 minutes before sunrise on April 25, 2025, the thin waning crescent moon will form a triangle with brilliant Venus and the much dimmer Saturn. Mercury will lie near the ...
If skies are clear about 45 minutes after sunset, scan the northwestern horizon for a razor-thin crescent moon — just over 1%-lit — hanging delicately near brilliant Jupiter.
The moon will be at its monthly perigee — its closest approach to Earth in a given month — so Hunt is calling it a “super crescent moon.” Monthly perigee distances vary, but for this one, the moon ...
It’s a delight to watch a thin crescent rise in the west shortly after sunset. Our natural satellite then progresses through its phases until it rises as a Full Moon in the east, opposite the ...
And be sure to get outside after sunset on Saturday (Feb. 1). For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western ...
Venus will appear very close to a crescent moon in the southwestern sky -- a conjunction -- shortly after sunset Saturday evening in Colorado and will be visible with the naked eye.
On Saturday evening, February 1, a lovely crescent moon passes just to the left of Venus, which is now shining at the pinnacle of its brilliance.
A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction, ...