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." ...

At that hour of the day, face southwest and look about half-way up in the sky for the waxing crescent moon. Now look just off to the right of the lunar crescent and see if you can see Venus.

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.

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 ...