Friday May 3, 2024

Crescent Moon Approaches Saturn and Mars (pre-dawn)

Early risers on Friday, May 3 can look above the eastern horizon for the pretty, waning crescent moon shining a palm's width to the right (or about 8 degrees to the celestial southwest) of Saturn's bright, yellowish dot.
Reddish Mars will be positioned about 1.5 fist diameters to Saturn's lower left, and far fainter blue Neptune will be positioned between them. Half a
day later, skywatchers across most of Antarctica, southeastern Australasia, southwestern Polynesia, and southeastern Melanesia can watch the moon
occult, or pass very close to, Saturn.
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