Starwatch: Saturn is the crescent moon’s planetary companion

Look for the distant giant shortly after the sun sets and light starts to drain from the sky

What a difference a week makes to the moon. Last week it was a waning crescent in the morning sky. This week it returns to the evening twilight as a waxing crescent.

The illuminated percentage of the visible surface remains almost the same at 14%, compared with last week's 12.7%, but this time it is the moon's eastern hemisphere that is illuminated instead of the west. Last week, the moon's planetary companions were Mercury and Venus, this week it is the turn of Saturn.