Moon today

On Friday, March 24, the moon will be closely separated from Uranus offering skywatchers an excellent guide to spotting the ice giant.

[best telescopes](https://www.space.com/15693-telescopes-beginners-telescope-reviews-buying-guide.html) and [best binoculars](https://www.space.com/26021-best-binoculars.html) are a great place to start. You can also see where astronauts, rovers and landers have ventured with our [Apollo landing sites observing guide](https://www.space.com/apollo-landing-sites-moon-observer-guide). Earth itself is four times larger than the moon, which has a diameter of 2,100 miles (3,500 km), which means Uranus is almost 15 times the size of the moon. With a diameter of 31,000 miles (50,000 km), Uranus is about four times the Uranus will rise at 08:48 EDT (1248 GMT), reaching its highest point over the horizon at around 15:50 EDT (1950 GMT) and setting at 22:51 EDT (0251 GMT). The moon will be in its waxing crescent phase as light creeps across its face signaling the transition from the fully dark [new moon](https://www.space.com/17561-new-moon-explained-lunar-phases.html) on Tuesday to the completely illuminated [full moon](https://www.space.com/16830-full-moon-calendar.html) on April 6, also known as the Full Pink Moon. The moon is just an average of 239,000 miles (384,400 kilometers) from [magnitude](https://www.space.com/21640-star-luminosity-and-magnitude.html) of 5.8 and should be visible with binoculars or a small telescope appearing as a blue-green dot. At their most widely separated there are 1.98 billion miles (3.2 billion km) between Earth and Uranus. If you're looking to snap photos of the night sky in general, check out our guide on [how to photograph the moon](https://www.space.com/how-to-photograph-the-moon-camera), as well as our [best cameras for astrophotography](https://www.space.com/best-cameras-for-astrophotography) and [best lenses for astrophotography](https://www.space.com/best-lenses-for-astrophotography). We recommend the Below the moon and Uranus will be the second planet from the sun, [Venus](https://www.space.com/44-venus-second-planet-from-the-sun-brightest-planet-in-solar-system.html).