If there's one thing we'd recommend that you do, it would be to grab a pair of binoculars and to try looking at the horizon from time to time. Why so? Because you may never know what you'll see. For instance, Earth's moon and the planet Mercury "met" for a time last May 6.

 The night side of the Moon is cradled in the sunlit lunar crescent and is faintly illuminated by earthshine - sunlight reflected from planet Earth. To actually see Mercury, on the other hand, is a once-in-a-blue-moon experience, as it usually hides close to the sun. As you can see from the picture above, it's as if Luna and Mercury were separated by only two degrees.

If you missed your chance last time, don't fret: you'll get another chance to see Mercury this coming week. Again, try scanning the western horizon around thirty minutes after sunset. You may just catch a glimpse of the planet then. As for the moon, it will reportedly wander close to Mars in the sky by early evening tonight.