The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great Lakes and Lake Champlain sturgeon were said to be most readily caught," per the Old Farmer's Almanac.

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury in the eastern sky on Friday morning.

NASA's Artemis 1 mission's Orion spacecraft captured amazing views of the Earthset as the moon passed in front of it on flight day 6. On flight day 8, the spacecraft captured a view of itself with the crescent moon.

The "Golden Handle" appears each month when the sun illuminates a mountain range lining a vast impact crater. Saturday night presents a perfect opportunity to spot a "Golden Handle" shining brightly on the moon's surface. It is a fleeting sight that appears when sunlight catches the peaks of a mountain range on the moon.

Spot overlapping meteor showers this month, along with the Moon sharing the sky with some of the brightest planets.

Live Science says both planets will be visible. What will the lunar phase be on Friday? The moon is in its waning crescent phase, at 7% illumination on April 25, according to lunar website Moon Giant.

Stargazers in the U.S. will find the slender form of the crescent moon roughly 20 degrees above the western horizon right at sunset on Saturday. The following hour will see Mars and the bright star Regulus line up to the upper left of the lunar disk, becoming visible as dusk gives way to the coming night.

Rare ‘smiley face’ will light up the night sky on April 25 The triple conjunction event involves Saturn, Venus, and a crescent moon.

The moon and two planets will align on Friday, April 25 to form a celestial "smiley face". Here's when Tennesseans need to look for it.