This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

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 ...

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And be sure to get outside after sunset tonight (Feb. 1). For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western Hemisphere.

A crescent moon will be part of a planetary parade featuring six planets after sunset on Feb. 3: Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and Saturn.

As the moon moves through its various stages, it experiences several phases of partial light. These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon, a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon.

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

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