Look west after sunset for a 21% lit waxing crescent moon. Its dark limb will display “Earthshine”—sunlight reflected from our planet’s oceans and ice caps onto the lunar surface.

Skywatchers in the U.S. will find the moon 's sickle-like form hanging around 30 degrees above the western horizon after sunset on May 30, with around 16% of its surface illuminated by direct ...

He added: "Because the moon is a crescent and appearing within 5° of Venus, we are dubbing this a "super crescent moon." A file photo image of a previous Moon–Venus conjunction back in 2023.

The Moon is now situated between magnitude 1.1 Saturn and magnitude –4.5 Venus in the east an hour before dawn. If you were outside yesterday morning, you’ll note that the Moon is now a ...

The crescent moon will shine close to the gas giant Jupiter in the morning sky on July 23, with its shadow-veiled disk softly lit by sunlight reflected off Earth's surface, a ghostly effect known ...

So it could also appear simply like three dots around, well, a crescent moon. If you want to see for yourself, sunrise Friday will be at 6:06 a.m. ET in the Syracuse area.

Venus will appear very close to a crescent moon in the southwestern sky -- a conjunction -- shortly after sunset Saturday evening in Colorado and will be visible with the naked eye.