So the peak of the green comet streaking across the night sky has come and gone. But a last best chance to see it remains, as well as a meteor shower.

The new moon rose already, but the sky will remain dark through the weekend through the waxing crescent phase — and cooperation from the weather. The crescent moon, at 5-percent illuminated on Oct. 23, will become increasingly brighter but still dim enough to offer a sight of Comet Lemmon and Comet SWAN R2. The sliver of moon over South Carolina will be about 9-percent lit on Oct. 24, 15-percent lit on Oct. 25 and still less than a quarter-lit on Oct. 26, according to Almanac.com .

Weather forecasts show favorable conditions until more cloud cover is expected to arrive later in the weekend.

Comet Lemmon won’t come by Earth again for

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