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 conjunction, ...
Starting Monday, Feb. 3, the day after Groundhog Day, you should be able to see another planetary parade in the night sky, this time joined by the crescent moon. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune ...
Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a parade of planets in the post-sunset sky.