This Tuesday, Jan. 28, the crescent moon will pass only about four degrees to the left (east) of Venus. This planet is extremely bright (magnitude -4.1) and white, dominating the southwestern ...

You can see “planetshine” by casting your eyes to the left-hand side of the Moon, ... On a waxing crescent Moon it’s sometimes called “the old Moon in the new Moon’s arms” and on a ...

Starting with the waxing crescent moon tonight (Sept. 16), skywatchers with binoculars or small telescopes can spot the moon's geographic features in vivid detail. Here's how, and what to look out ...

Basically, if the right hand side of the moon is visible, while the left hand side is still darkened, then you have a “D” shape, which indicates a waxing crescent, and first quarter.

You can then see a waxing crescent Moon slide past Mars, the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters) ... Bright orange supergiant star Aldebaran will lurk on the Moon’s left-hand side. ...

Crescent refers to the shape (like a crescent roll!), while waxing means "increasing." Over about a week's time, the moon's illuminated portion grows from a sliver to nearly a half circle.

On the other hand, the full moon phase is about emotional ... the waxing gibbous and waxing crescent moon lasts approximately 7. ... If the shadow of the moon is on the left side, then it’s waxing.

The 16.5% Waxing Crescent Moon and Venus on Friday night over Watford. (Image: Claire Tessier) The light from a Waxing Crescent Moon is a sliver of silver that appears when the illuminated side of ...

Waxing crescent and earthshine on the darker side of the moon, Northern Hemisphere, Switzerland. GFC Collection/Alamy Stock Photo “There is no dark side of the moon, really.

A waxing crescent Moon appeared just east (left) of Aldebaran on April 10, 2016, moments after our satellite passed in front of the 1st-magnitude star. A fatter crescent Moon occults Aldebaran on ...

The 4-day-old waxing crescent moon on April 8, 2019 in a blend of short and long exposures to bring out the faint Earthshine on the dark side of the moon and deep blue twilight sky while retaining ...

This Tuesday, Jan. 28, the crescent moon will pass only about four degrees to the left (east) of Venus. This planet is extremely bright (magnitude -4.1) and white, dominating the southwestern ...