Jun22:
The first crescent of the
lunar month
is just barely visible ∼ 13° (i.e., a bit more than a fist) east of
the Sun
along the ecliptic
just at sunset at 8:01 pm---but NEVER
look at the Sun with the
naked eye---you need
a guaranteed solar viewer---one shouldn't
be paranoid---we're always catching glimpses---but
they should be minimized.
The first crescent is beautiful slim.
You might be barely able to see
Mercury ☿
directly between the Moon
and Sun.
Remember your J.R.R. Tolkien (1892--1973):
Still round the corner there may wait
a new road or a secret gate;
and though I oft have passed them by,
a day will come at last when I
shall take the hidden paths that run
west of the moon, east of the sun.