This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a ...

A brightening 14%-lit waxing crescent moon will be visible in the west sky just after sunset, and shining just a couple of degrees from bright Venus. You can watch them sink together in darkness ...

On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC Weather Watchers reported these sightings of the crescent Moon and Venus close together. The crescent Moon shines brightly over Caterham, Surrey James M ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a ...

For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western Hemisphere. It will make for an eye-catching scene as the two ...

On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC Weather Watchers reported these sightings of the crescent Moon and Venus close together. With the clearest skies in the south-east of the UK on Saturday ...

The moon Saturday night will be 15% illuminated, while Venus will be close to the brightest it gets, according to Jeff Hunt, a retired Illinois planetarium director whose website ...