If you happen to venture outside, look up, it’s awesome! Thc crescent moon offers up quite a view, even with binoculars, though we did take the telescope out to the back forty and check out the craters on the bright side of the moon. OK, moving onto some hot chocolate now!

by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor

Date: 25 February 2012 Time: 12:02 PM ET

A cosmic team-up of planets and the thin crescent moon is dazzling skywatchers around the world this weekend, and the celestial sky show is just getting started.
The planets Venus and Jupiter dominate the western evening sky at sunset on Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 25 and 26), with the crescent moon hovering nearby. The planet Mercury joins the cosmic trio briefly just after sunset before slipping below the horizon.