The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a ...

The celestial bodies near us, the sun and the moon and the planets ... They'll still be hundreds of millions of miles apart, of course, but they'll look very close. To spot Venus and Saturn ...

The Moon does not make its own light like a star. The Moon appears bright because it reflects light from the Sun. Like the Earth, half of the Moon faces towards the Sun, and half faces away from it.