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Between 30 to 40 minutes before sunrise on Friday, April 25, a slender waning crescent moon will appear left of a bright planet Venus and the much fainter Saturn to create a tilted happy face, ...

Astronomers expect the crescent moon marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Dhul Qadah to be visible in most parts of the world on Monday, April 28, 2025, according to calculations released ...

‘Smiley face’ in the sky: The close alignment of Venus, Saturn, and a crescent moon created a formation resembling a smiling face during a rare cosmic event. Sky smiled back! In the early ...

About 20 minutes later, Saturn will rise below and to the right of it. Then the moon, which would be in a thin ... However, this effect could also blur the crescent’s outline, making the “smiley face” ...

Saturn will be smaller and dimmer. These two planets would depict the "eyes" of the smiley face. The "smile" would be made by the crescent moon. However, the moon will be much smaller than the ...

Jessica Lee, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said: ‘On the morning of April 25, in the eastern sky just before sunrise you’ll be able to see a thin crescent moon.

Venus and Saturn will be in just the correct spot in their revolution around the sun to match up with the waning crescent moon, making the smiley face appear. When will the smiley face in the sky ...

The viral claim that a smiley face will appear in the sky on April 25, 2025, made up of the crescent moon and two planets, has some basis in truth. But experts say the visual will not be quite as ...

Early risers will be able to catch a celestial “smiley face” in the eastern predawn sky Friday morning, as Venus and Saturn align themselves with a skinny crescent moon to form a slightly off ...

The two planets will form the “eyes,” while the crescent moon creates the “mouth,” coming together to resemble a sideways smiley face in the sky. While it won’t be a perfect, bright ...