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

To find it, draw a line from Saturn through Jupiter ... Meanwhile, the now 9%-lit waning crescent Moon will be closer to the horizon and to Jupiter. The inevitable consequence of that waning ...

As the moon moves through its various stages, it experiences several phases of partial light. These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon, a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon.

And be sure to get outside after sunset tonight (Feb. 1). For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western Hemisphere.

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon.