The sun's light is now shining on the other half of the visible face of the moon. Waning crescent: Less than half of the moon's face appears to be getting sunlight, and the amount is decreasing.

To find it, draw a line from Saturn through Jupiter ... Meanwhile, the now 9%-lit waning crescent Moon will be closer to the horizon and to Jupiter. The inevitable consequence of that waning ...

Just days after sharing a breathtaking shot of Earth, the American astronaut has followed up with an equally stunning shot of a waning crescent moon, or, as Pettit put it: “a glowing fingernail ...

A waning crescent moon means good visibility under clear and dark conditions. Most meteor showers are named for the constellations where they appear to originate from in the night sky. But the ...

followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent. This cycle repeats once every 29.5 days. Earth's only natural ...

Think of the solar system as a fried egg; the sun is the yolk and the planets each draw circles ... Saturn and the slim crescent Moon,” states NASA in its tweet. A 12% waning crescent moon ...