There is no such thing as a “quadruple conjunction,” at least technically-speaking, but it’s the easiest way to convey what’s about to happen in the pre-dawn night sky this week.
It leaves the night skies as dark as possible, perfect for imaging, whether deep-sky or astro-landscaping. A crescent moon will set early the few nights after today’s new moon, so a “dark sky ...
"I'm in my back garden and I can see a very nice little crescent Moon ... "When we look at the night sky, things like Taurus, the Pleiades, the Moon, they've been the same for the whole of ...