Jove and Luna

A thin, bright crescent Moon curves along the lower left edge of a pale gray disk near the top of a tall, dark navy frame, wrapped in a soft brownish glow. Far below, near the bottom left, a small bright dot sits in a short diagonal line of tiny specks, three above it and one below.

Giovanni Passalacqua from Ragusa, Sicily, Italy

A waning crescent Moon hangs less than 3° from Jupiter in western Leo before dawn on Oct. 6, 2026, hours before it occulted the planet for viewers in North America. All four Galilean moons flank Jupiter at lower left. The photographer shot a single 0.5-second exposure at f/6.3 and ISO 800 with a Canon mirrorless camera and 600mm zoom lens.