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• As viewed from North America this Friday evening, the whisker-thin evening crescent lies to the lower left of Venus. Both the moon and Venus pair up closely enough together (in North America) to take stage within a single binocular field of view. Venus may be easier to see than tonight's waxing crescent moon because the lunar disk will only be about 1% illuminated in sunshine - appearing as a pale, skinny smile in the embers of evening twilight.
• Don't fret if you miss the moon and Venus after sunset this evening. You'll have a chance to view a larger waxing crescent moon in between Jupiter and Venus in the deepening dusk tomorrow.
• Bottom line: Will you catch the very young moon and Venus after sunset on May 10, 2013? The moon and planet will be extremely low in the sky, and they'll soon follow the sun below the horizon. On May 10, Jupiter is up there, too, shining brightly above the moon and Venus.