Venus, Saturn, and the moon will align in a pattern called a triple conjunction. Given the moon will be in its crescent form, the lineup will resemble a smiley face, but only for a short time on ...

The crescent moon is expected to act as the "smile" in the formation, with Venus and Saturn positioned as the "eyes" in what some are calling a celestial "smiley face." ...

April's full moon, a micromoon, will be on April 12. The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak April 21-22; A crescent moon combines with Venus and Saturn for a "smiley face" in the sky on April 25.

53. Crescent moon and stars. 54. Crescent moon with circling hearts. View the original article to see embedded media. 55. Thin crescent moon with clouds and stars. 56. Crescent moon face with a ...

The 10-day-old moon will be 86% illuminated during the close approach, with the lit lunar face currently growing as the moon heads to 2023's final full moon, December's Cold Moon, on Tuesday, Dec. 26.

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.

A 43,000 year-old work of art? Neanderthals may have painted portraits. An ancient granite pebble included indentations resembling a face, its nose a red dot.