This week the moon makes a close pass of Mars in the constellation Gemini, the twins, in a pleasing meeting of one moon, one planet and two stars.
The chart shows the view looking east-north-east from London at midnight as 23 October becomes 24 October. The moon will be 21.8 days old and will have 53.4% of its visible surface illuminated. This makes it a last quarter moon, slipping from the waning gibbous phase to waning crescent.
