In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two or more celestial ... "Venus is higher above the eastern horizon with Saturn lower, and a thin, crescent Moon a bit lower and a little farther north ...

For North Americans, this is an eye-catching sight, visible even from brightly lit cities.

In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two celestial objects ... "Venus is higher above the eastern horizon with Saturn lower, and a thin, crescent Moon a bit lower and a little farther north ...

Thus, these clouds can appear to shine high in the sky even in the dark of night, while lower ... line and Mercury and Jupiter meet in a close conjunction in just two days.

At around 5:30 AM EST, Venus, Saturn, and the moon will briefly align during a rare triple conjunction to resemble ... “eyes” while Saturn will be the lower, and the thin, crescent moon ...

The event—known as a conjunction—will grace skies over the U.S. on Saturday evening, weather permitting. From the perspective of a viewer in the U.S., the pair will appear separated by just 2. ...

Spica, which shines at magnitude 1, is now to the Moon’s lower right. This star lies ... is heading quickly for its August 18 inferior conjunction with the Sun and is now so low in the evening ...

“Planetary conjunctions traditionally have been more the stuff of astrology than serious astronomy, but they never fail to impress during observations, particularly when the gas giants are ...

a skywatching website run by astronomy educator Jeffrey Hunt. Saturn has been traveling farther from the sun from our point of view after its solar conjunction on Feb. 16, but Saturn is still ...