Thin Crescent Moon Forms Celestial Triangle with Mercury and Venus

Thin crescent moon near Venus and Mercury Saturday morning

Saturday morning will feature an impressive triangle in the sky just before sunrise. In the 6 o'clock hour, you can see Mercury and Venus right next to the thin crescent moon.

friend Tyler Sloan. This view was captured at dawn over near St. Louis Wednesday February 4th, 2016

You have a 1-2 hour-long window between the rise of the moon and planets and sunrise to take in this view.

Southern Hemisphere View of the Triangle

Latest U.S. Satellite Imagery

Here is a look at forecast cloud cover across the globe for Saturday morning's show!

North America

Europe

Mideast and Asia

Southern Hemisphere

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Thanks for reading, and just look up, you never know exactly what you are going to see.

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