"If the moon and a planet are near Castor and Pollux you have an impressive show." From our earthly perspective, the moon and Mars will appear closest to each other at around 8 p.

Read: When to photograph the moon Sunday ... However, the 57%-illuminated waxing gibbous moon will look very bright as it appears in front of the Pleiades star cluster tonight, making single ...

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.