On Sunday, July 19, skywatchers will be able to look up and spot five planets and the crescent moon — all without even using a telescope. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, as well as the ...

How soon after the new moon can you spot the thin crescent moon against the bright backdrop of a twilight sky? Cases of unaided-eye sightings of the moon when it is younger than 24 hours are not ...

Look again to the southwest after dark to see a 32%-lit waxing crescent moon closing in on Jupiter, the brightest planet in the night sky. Today, our natural satellite in space reaches its First ...

On Wednesday evening we'll be treated to a lovely celestial tableau, as a very narrow crescent moon, 2.3 days past new ... light with possibly a faint gas tail protruding upward and to the left ...

It’s a phenomenon that can happen around sunset when a crescent moon is on the horizon, but the outline of a full moon is visible. The Da Vinci glow is a common occurrence, and easy to see ...

Venus will appear 6 degrees above and to the left of the waxing crescent moon by Saturday ... Meteor showers occur when debris from a comet's tail vaporizes high up in Earth's atmosphere, making ...

Venus will be near its maximum brightness, while the moon is both in its waxing crescent phase and at its monthly 'perigee'—its closest approach to Earth—10,500 miles nearer than average at ...

The clear skies of South Florida made perfect conditions for seeing a beautiful crescent moon Friday. However, residents also got a show of a rare celestial event — a brightly lit Venus.

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the night sky. The crescent moon will appear "wafer thin" through the night ...

On Friday, April 25, the crescent moon, Venus and Saturn will form a planetary conjunction that will look like a smiley face. The event will happen in the early morning hours along the eastern ...