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Thin Crescent Moon Lines Up With Venus, Mercury and Jupiter Over Brazil

Experts say the bright, widely photographed sight was a line-of-sight conjunction that will stay visible for days while its geometry shifts each night.

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Venus and Jupiter Close to a 1.6° Conjunction in Early June Twilight

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3mo ago

Crescent Moon Joins Venus, Jupiter and Mercury in a Low‑West Evening Planet Parade

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3mo ago

Flower Micromoon Opens Rare Two-Full-Moon May

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4mo ago

April’s Pre-Dawn Planet Parade Brings Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Neptune Into View

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5mo ago

Six-Planet Parade Visible After Sunset on Feb. 28

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6mo ago

Six-Planet Parade to Peak on Feb. 28, but Only Some Will Be Visible Without Optics

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7mo ago

First Full Moon of 2026 Is a Super 'Wolf Moon' on January 3

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8mo ago

Cold Moon on Dec. 4 Will Be 2025’s Final Supermoon and the Highest in Northern Skies Until 2042

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9mo ago

Astronomers Gear Up for August’s Sturgeon Moon, Six-Planet Alignment and Perseid Peak

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August Skies Set Stage for Perseid Peak and Venus–Jupiter Conjunction

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March 2025 Offers Rare Celestial Events, Including Total Lunar Eclipse and Northern Lights

Mercury

Thin Crescent Moon Lines Up With Venus, Mercury and Jupiter Over Brazil

Venus and Jupiter Close to a 1.6° Conjunction in Early June Twilight

Crescent Moon Joins Venus, Jupiter and Mercury in a Low‑West Evening Planet Parade

Flower Micromoon Opens Rare Two-Full-Moon May

April’s Pre-Dawn Planet Parade Brings Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Neptune Into View

Six-Planet Parade Visible After Sunset on Feb. 28

Six-Planet Parade to Peak on Feb. 28, but Only Some Will Be Visible Without Optics

First Full Moon of 2026 Is a Super 'Wolf Moon' on January 3

Cold Moon on Dec. 4 Will Be 2025’s Final Supermoon and the Highest in Northern Skies Until 2042

Closest Full Moon of 2025 Arrives Nov. 5 in Perigee Supermoon

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Harvest Supermoon Will Peak Oct. 6–7 as Year’s Biggest Full Moon

New Moon in Virgo Starts Two-Part Cycle as Sun Enters the Sign

Black Moon on August 23 Will Darken Skies as Perseids Fade

Six-Planet Parade Visible Before Dawn as Mercury Hits Greatest Elongation

Six-Planet Parade Continues as Mercury Rises and Moon Approaches

Perseids Peak to Light Up Skies Despite Bright Moon

Six Planets Align Before Dawn as Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks

Astronomers Gear Up for August’s Sturgeon Moon, Six-Planet Alignment and Perseid Peak

August Skies Set Stage for Perseid Peak and Venus–Jupiter Conjunction

March 2025 Offers Rare Celestial Events, Including Total Lunar Eclipse and Northern Lights

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