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Anthony Wood

Saturn shines with the waxing moon at sunset on Nov. 29

A first quarter moon is pictured against a dark blue sky with its right half lit by sunlight and its left bathed in shadow. The out-of-focus silhouette of a person is visible to the left of the screen, seemingly watching the moon.

Look to the southeastern horizon in the hours following sunset on Nov. 29 — you'll be able to see the moon shine close to the gas giant Saturn as Neptune lurks unseen nearby.

The waxing gibbous moon will appear half-lit on the night of Nov. 29, just one day on from its first quarter phase, as it glows with reflected sunlight beneath the stars of the constellation Pisces. Saturn will appear as a bright "evening star" shining less than 5 degrees — roughly the equivalent to the width of your clenched fist held at arm's length — to the lower right of the gas giant.

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