The thin crescent moon will meet up with the solar system's second-largest planet, Saturn for the first time in 2024 on Sunday (Jan. 14), during a close approach between the two celestial bodies.

The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.

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In Islamic calendars the month begins when the first, thin crescent moon, called a hillal, can be seen in the evening. The Hebrew calendar used a similar system until sometime in between the 8th ...

Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting larger. There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon ...

Monday night, look to the south to see our thin crescent Moon get close to bright Venus. “Enjoy a beautiful sight just after sunset as the Moon and Venus meet up in the southwestern sky,” NASA ...

The cycle of the Moon lines up quite well for this month as we slip into November. The New Moon takes place during the day on the 1st. By the night of the 2nd, we should see a thin crescent Moon just ...

The final supermoon of 2024, the Beaver Moon of November, thrilled skywatchers around the world as it ushered in the weekend ...

Doors close at 10 a.m. sharp. 3rd: Daylight-Saving Time ends – fall back one hour at 2 a.m. 4th: Thin crescent Moon below Venus in the west at sunset. 8th: Come view the quarter Moon and tour ...