The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a conjunction) in the predawn sky.
To make a new moon, you need to line up the sun, moon and Earth. From the earthbound observer's viewpoint, the sun and moon are at the same celestial longitude, a projection of the Earth's longitude lines on the sky. Most often the moon passes above or below the sun but at times it passes directly between the sun and Earth, creating a solar eclipse as happened during March's new moon and will happen again in September of this year.
