The solar system's largest planet will meet up with its smallest planet in the night sky.
"New moon," as used by astronomers, means the instant when the moon is at the same ecliptic longitude as the sun. This instant marks the starting point of a new lunar cycle, averaging 29.53 days; a lunation orBut in popular parlance"new moon" tends to mean the moon as it becomes narrowly visible on the next few evenings.
A half hour after local sunset, search low above the western horizon to catch a glimpse of this hairline crescent that will hang a little over one degree to the upper left of Jupiter. The sliver of the moon will be only 2 percent illuminated and depending on what part of the country you're located, only 30 to 33 hours from its new phase.
As I just alluded to, both of these worlds will be way down low ... troublesomely low, only about 5 degrees above the horizon in a bright twilight sky. That's roughly the equivalent of the width of half of your clenched fist held at arm's length.
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