Friday and Saturday evening August 28^th and 29^th the 9 to 10-day old waxing gibbous Moon will be passing by the outer planets Jupiter and Saturn. On Friday evening the Moon will be about 1-2^o from Jupiter and by the same time Saturday evening the Moon will be about 6-7^o from Saturn. On either of the evenings the Moon and a planet will fit within the field of view of binoculars.

   
   
   

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