waxing crescent moon

The waxing crescent moon "represents a young nation on the ascendant".

The sky suggests that the time is around dusk, with the waxing crescent moon close to setting.

Tonight, the Pleiades are easily seen just above the thin waxing crescent moon.

The waxing crescent moon appears in the sky.

They worked at night, preferably under cloud cover to further darken the waxing crescent moon.

The waxing crescent Moon lies to the upper left of the planet on the evening of the 16th.

The waxing crescent moon will join the planets on the first evening of December for a striking celestial trio.

About 45 minutes after local sunset, look low toward the west-southwest sky for a thin waxing crescent moon; it will be only 11-percent illuminated.

The previous night's waxing crescent moon had been replaced by the more effulgent light of the first quarter, providing them enough illumination to see by.

On Sunday and Monday evenings, a fat, waxing crescent moon will appear to slide past the planet Jupiter.

Australians are getting a big hello from the heavens as Venus, Jupiter and a waxing crescent moon combine to create a celestial smiley face.

A waxing crescent moon is when the Moon looks like crescent and the crescent increases ("waxes") in size from one day to the next.

The sky was cloudless and full of stars as we stood on the ridge, with a waxing crescent moon giving us a bit of extra light to work.

On February 16, 1804, at seven o'clock in the evening under the dim light of a waxing crescent moon, Intrepid slowly sailed into Tripoli harbor.

Now look off to the right and at a slightly lower altitude from Venus and you'll also catch sight of the slender sliver of a waxing crescent moon.

He concluded that, as with all real-world lunar calendars, the date of Durin's Day is observational, dependent on the visibility of the first waxing crescent moon.

Atop the wheat and the red circle appear a waxing crescent moon of white, typical of Turkic symbology, and five five-pointed stars also of white.

Saturn remains to the upper right of Aldebaran in Taurus, and the waxing crescent Moon will be seen to the left of the ringed planet on the 20th.

Comet PanSTARRS takes its place next to the waxing crescent moon in the skies over Los Angeles on Tuesday.

A rare celestial conjunction of the waxing crescent moon, Venus and Jupiter shine in the southern sky behind Los Angeles City Hall in December 2008.

A Starway to Heaven party is usually scheduled around the time of the waxing crescent moon; Dark Star Night occurs about the time of the new Moon.

We looked at each other under the light of a waxing crescent moon, and I almost kissed her right then, but she turned away a moment too soon and said something that sort of threw me.

What makes today's Venus appearance special is that the waxing crescent moon will be right next to Venus in the sky, showing you exactly where to look, and giving your eyes something to focus on.

The town's arms show the black cross of the Electorate of Cologne on a white/silver background with a waxing crescent moon in the upper left (or right - dexter - in heraldry).

Their concerns - lightbulbs, shrubbery, the power of blue halogen lamps - were commonplace, but the language was the stuff of poetry: the evening fog in springtime California, the light from a waxing crescent moon.