The glow is not due to the moon illuminating itself. It is created by planet Earth, whose light can illuminate the night sky 50 times more brightly than that of a full moon, NASA says.

Look for “Earthshine” on the crescent moon’s dark side—sunlight reflected from Earth’s ice-caps and clouds onto the moon’s surface. Far above the moon will be Jupiter.

The Da Vinci glow isn’t in a museum. It’s in the sky. Here is what to look for and how to see the crescent moon lit up by Earthshine.

Tuesday, May 23: 17%-illuminated waxing crescent moon close to Venus Da Vinci glow is best seen with either the unaided eye or using any pair of stargazing binoculars or a good small telescope.

You can also do crescent moon in a chair, which will come in handy at work. “Keep your feet on the ground to make sure you’re stretching evenly through both hips,” Turner says.

“There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.” —Pink Floyd With my apologies to Roger Waters, who wrote those lyrics, there is a dark side of the moon. And ...

And be sure to get outside after sunset tonight (Feb. 1). For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western Hemisphere.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020: Earthshine on the crescent Moon You should get a much clearer view of a crescent Moon today. Now 8% illuminated, in a clear sky it will be a stunning sight, not least ...

By 1 a.m. the moon was to enter the umbra, and viewers could see a "crescent eating into the moon," Walter said, assuming the clouds didn’t provide cover. And around 2:30 a.m., when the moon is ...