The moon will put on a show Thursday night with Jupiter and Saturn.

And here's another goodie: Head outside Thursday night to see the moon, Saturn and Jupiter form a neat triangle.

The crescent moon will be visible in the south-southwest as soon as the sky darkens, but the other two show up a little later.

Jupiter should make an appearance after sunset, and Saturn a little later on.

"The best observing time is about 30 minutes after local sunset for about two hours while the moon and planets are high enough in the sky to be nicely visible," astronomy educator and former planetarium director Jeffrey Hunt says.

Saturn appears a little later because it's dimmer than Jupiter, he says, and brighter stars appear in the sky after sunset, while dimmer stars show up later.