Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.

Catch the solar system’s largest planet satellite sharing the constellation Gemini the Twins with our Moon this morning ...

As of Thursday, July 24, the moon phase is New Moon. This means the moon is not visible at all to us tonight, 0% to be exact ...

The crescent moon is sure to make for a lovely, if fleeting, sight on the night of April 29, when it will be visible for just a few hours in the post sunset sky before slipping below the horizon ...

One of the brightest and most colorful stars in the sky and the most brilliant planet are on stage in the early morning dawn ...

On May 25, one hour before sunrise, an extremely thin crescent moon will be more than two fist widths at arm’s length to the lower left of Venus in the due east-northeast sky.

"The thin, crescent Moon looks like a smile. To some people, the triangle of bright objects may appear as a smiley face." Related: The 10 best stargazing events of 2025.

"You will see a thin crescent moon in the sky before dawn, with bright Venus and Saturn nearby," the website EarthSky says. "And it might look a little like a smiley face, with some imagination!

A rare formation — a triple conjunction — will take place as Saturn and Venus align with the crescent moon on Friday, appearing in a triangle shape — which some say could appear as a smiley face — ...