Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The “planet parade” — mistakenly being called an alignment ...

Watch for the day-and-a-half old moon to appear low in the west shortly after sunset tonight. Binoculars will more clearly show the moon's complete outline. Direct sunlight illuminates the crescent.

There’s something mesmerizing about a slim crescent moon hanging low in the sky at dusk or dawn. It lacks the brilliancy of a full moon or the high altitude above the horizon where we find an evening ...