The Moon reached New Phase today at 11:53 UT/7:53 AM EDT, marking the start of Brown Lunation Number 1278. U.S. East Coast observers have a shot at spotting an ultra-thin waxing crescent Moon, at just 12 hours past New. This is a tough catch, as the record stands at 11 hours and 40 minutes past New: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/ultra-thin-young-crescent-moon-sighted-from-u-s-southwest This also means this coming weekend is an ideal time for northern hemisphere observers to complete a Messier Marathon, and image/observe all of the 110 objects in 18th century astronomer Charles Messier’s deep-sky catalog in one night. This works because the Sun’s position along the ecliptic in March/April sits in Pisces, while a majority of the objects in the catalog lie along the summer galactic plane. Good luck! Certainly, grabbing the twin M74/M77 objects at dusk in mid-April will be tough, as we’re at the very edge of the Messier Marathon window in mid-April.