Saturday March 25th the -day old waning crescent Moon will be crossing the plane of the ecliptic moving south. This is known as the descending node, one of two intersections the Moon’s orbital path (dark green line) has with the ecliptic.
On the day of the node crossing the thin 26.7-day old waning crescent Moon will be over the southeast horizon at sunrise local time.
Click here to go to the Qué tal in the Current Skies web site for monthly observing information, or here to go to bobs-spaces.