half moon, stars, sun, are borrowed from Revelations 12,1. Early representations of Ecclesia (10-12c) show her as the apocalyptic woman with the dragon. The motif of the apocalyptic woman is applied ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

After the sun and the moon, the planet Venus is the brightest astronomical object in the night sky. The close conjunction of Venus and a crescent moon will be visible once more this year ...

The Moon does not ... visible – a waning crescent Moon. The lunar cycle starts again with a new Moon, when the Moon has returned to its original position, between the Sun and Earth.

The next new moon will occur on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7:45 p.m. EDT (00:45 on Feb. 28). A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun ... just a thin crescent is present ...