The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

Related: What you can see in the night sky tonight On the nights ... you can see the entire disk of the moon dimly illuminated with an almost bluish-gray glow, along with the brightly lit crescent.

and parts of Africa and Mexico can look for a celestial triangle in the sky when evening twilight ends at 6:11 p.m. ET. Mars will appear just to the lower left of the moon, while the bright star ...