July 4, 2021
Before sunup July 5 to 8, 2021, watch for the waning crescent moon to flit by the Pleiades star cluster, red star Aldebaran and then the planet Mercury. Golden Capella in Auriga – often called the Goat Star – will be northward from the moon. Uranus is in this part of the sky, too, though difficult to see without very dark skies and a finder chart.
Before sunup July 5 to 8
On the mornings of July 5 to 8, 2021, watch for the waning crescent moon to travel in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull. You’ll see the moon’s position change from day to day as it sweeps closer and closer to the sunrise.