If you missed the moon passing in front of the Pleiades this past January, February and July, the next show for North America comes our way on Thursday night, Oct. 9. This time the moon will be a waning gibbous (86% sunlit), so stars belonging to the Pleiades cluster will disappear behind its bright limb and reappear behind the thin crescent of darkness on the moon's trailing side.
You're going to need a telescope; binoculars likely will not provide enough magnification for following the stars in their final moments as the moon's rather glary, sunlight edge creeps up to them. With a telescope use an eyepiece that provides you with at least 50-power.
