The king of the planets meets a waxing half moon at sunset on March 26.

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

The ringed gas giant Saturn will be less than 5 degrees from the lunar disk at sunset on Sept. 8. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Observers who are quick to step outside after sunset can catch a delicate crescent Moon sinking in the west, now just 8 percent lit as sunrise begins to creep over the lunar nearside. Magnitude 1.6 ...

Full pink moon will prank us tonight with a moon illusion.