With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

the waxing crescent moon appearing as a thin arc of yellowish-white light enclosing a ghostly bluish-gray ball. Sunlight is responsible for the crescent, yet the remainder of the moon appears to ...

It is what astronomers call the "greatest illuminated extent" of this planet's disk. And be sure to get outside after sunset tonight (Feb. 1). For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction, ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction, ...

Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

The end of February is the beginning of an evening appearance by the as yet unmentioned planet, Mercury. It appears by about ...