Sunday May 12, 2024

Crescent Moon Aligns With Gemini's Twins (evening)

In the western sky on Sunday evening, May 12, the pretty, waxing crescent
moon will align with Gemini's bright stars Pollux and Castor. Pollux, the brighter and more yellowish of the 'twins', will be close enough to the
right of the moon for them to share the view in binoculars. The slightly fainter and whiter double star Castor will sparkle farther to their right
(or celestial northwest). The trio will set around 1 a.m. in your local time zone. For observers in more westerly time zones, the moon's orbital motion
will carry it farther from Pollux.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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