Get ready for an amazing sight, as the waxing crescent moon passes in front of — and briefly occults —the blue-white stars of the Pleiades on April 19. Here's how to watch the alignment unfold in real time online with this Virtual Telescope Project livestream.
The 7%-lit waxing crescent moon will pass over the Pleiades at 12:52 p.m. EDT (1652 GMT), during the daytime for viewers in the U.S. as the lunar disk glides unseen above the eastern horizon alongside the stars of the constellation Taurus, according to in-the-sky.org.
