In the nights that follow, the Moon exits stage left, leaving the others behind. Don't stop watching, though. Saturn and Mars are converging for their closest encounter of the next 14 years. After nightfall on Thursday, July 10th, the two planets will be just ? of a degree apart, snug enough to fit behind the tip of your pinky finger held at arm's length:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm
