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crescent moon

  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Wednesday August 13 around 5:15–5:30 a.m., early risers with a clear view of the eastern horizon can witness a rare celestial lineup: the crescent Moon alongside Venus—the dazzling Morning Star—with Jupiter shining above and Mercury low near the horizon. This nearly vertical arrangement of the three brightest night sky objects, plus elusive Mercury, happens only in late summer and early fall when the solar system’s plane aligns upright at dawn—making it well worth setting an early alarm.
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Catch the crescent Moon hovering next to a bright star. It’s a famous one because it’s in the zodiac, in the constellation Gemini.
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    All this week we’re viewing crescent moons that grow fatter each evening. The crescent may be the Moon’s most fascinating phase.
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    The moon now has its strangest appearance. Several nights this week the moon will be in a lunar phase, the only one whose shape is not universally known. Everyone can identify a crescent or half or the full moon. But now we have a gibbous moon. That's the phase fatter than half but smaller than full.
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    This week on Strange Universe, Bob Berman discusses a triangle in the sky with two stars and the Crescent Moon.