St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: March 8, 2022

St. Louis MO

09 March, 2022

9:31 AM

Description

Press release from St. Louis Science Center: March 08, 2022 Tonight at 8:30pm, the moon exhibits a waxing crescent phase and can be found to the West in the constellation of Taurus the Bull, between the Pleiades star cluster and the red star Aldebaran. The crescent moon has been associated with the constellation of Taurus since ancient times. The Sumerians, who worshiped the moon god Nanna, often compared the shape of the crescent moon to the shape of bull's horns. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.