The moon's crescent limb will cloak and uncover stars from the iconic cluster before sunrise.

The Sky Today on Thursday, June 26: Follow Mercury to the crescent Moon Mercury hovers above the horizon near a four-percent-illuminated Moon, whose darkened face may be lit by earthshine.

The planet Mercury sits 3.5° to the left of a two-day-old crescent Moon in the evening sky tonight. At magnitude 0.1, Mercury is still bring and nearly 6° high in the west an hour after sunset ...

8 night sky events to see in July, from a ‘buck moon‘ to a rare view of Pluto Get your binoculars ready for dark skies, elusive planets, and a sky show spanning the entire month.

Summer nights offer lots of interesting sights this month. Mercury and Mars are on show in the evening twilight. Both Uranus and Neptune stand near brighter beacons: Neptune and Saturn are two ...

A rare lunar occultation, fading crescent moon, and an interstellar visitor make for a memorable week of stargazing in ...

In the hours following sunset on Saturday (June 28), the waxing crescent moon will line up with Mars and the bright star Regulus above the western horizon — before swiftly slipping out of view.

The phases of the Moon The phases of the Moon are: New Moon, waxing crescent, First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent.

The day after the New Moon, during the Waxing Crescent Moon, Mercury in Cancer and Uranus in Taurus offer a fresh perspective. The Cancer sun and Mars in Virgo energise our auras.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...