According to Culbertson, Venus will be the higher of the two “eyes” while Saturn will be the lower, and the thin, crescent moon grin will appear slightly lower and farther north. The smile will be visible to the naked eye, although a backyard telescope or pair of binoculars should allow you to get a better look at the moon’s details.

In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two celestial objects—like planets, the Moon, or stars—appear very close together in the sky from our point of view on Earth. They don't physically come close in space, but they line up along the same line of sight.