Young Moon, Venus, Mars After Sunset Mid-June
The young moon is back! This month, new moon happened yesterday, and created this year's first solar eclipse. For the next few evenings, look for the young moon, and 2 planets - Venus and Mars - plus several bright stars. Tonight, the moon will be an exceedingly thin crescent, very low in the west after sunset. A lovely sight if you can catch it! 🌒🌌
The young moon returns
In June 2021, new moon happens on June 10 at 10:21 UTC. And so – by about June 11 – the young moon, a waxing crescent, returns to the evening sky. If you watch that evening, and in the evenings after that, you can also notice two planets, Venus and Mars.
You can spot Regulus, Heart of the Lion in the constellation Leo, now about to descend into the sun’s glare for another season. And you might also glimpse the stars Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini the Twins. They’re in such bright twilight, though, that they’ll be tough to see.
Evening of June 11, 2021
For us in North America, the moon turned new during the early morning hours of June 10. That means – for us in North America – the moon will be well over one day (24 hours) old at sunset June 11, staying out for over one hour after sunset. On June 11, the sleek and slender young moon will be pairing up with the dazzling planet Venus on the sky’s dome.
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