On Tuesday and Wednesday, Jupiter and Saturn will be joined on one side by a rising Mercury and on the other approached by a waning crescent Moon, creating a momentary line-up of four celestial ...

“Enjoy a beautiful sight just after sunset as the Moon and Venus meet up in the southwestern sky,” NASA’s November sky blog listed among its highlights. Venus is easy to spot this time of year, ...

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting ...