On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the famous Pleiades star ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

"People may casually call this a half moon, but remember ... of the moon facing toward us receives no direct sunlight; it is lit only by dim sunlight reflected from Earth. Waxing crescent ...

Google's latest Doodle celebrates the third quarter moon phase with a fun interactive card game. The Google Rise of the Half-moon Doodle highlights the different phases of the lunar cycle ...

Look to the southwest anytime after dark on Jan. 3, and you'll see a 17%-lit waxing crescent moon very close to Venus. The planet will be about half-lit as seen from Earth, and Saturn will be ...

January begins with a stunning meteor shower — the last until April — and the moon occulting the Pleiades, a half-lit Venus, and, most remarkably, a total eclipse of a bright Mars by the moon.

In this article, I'll delve into the Moon's phases, including why they occur and how they impact life on Earth. The Sun always lights up one half of our Moon. However, that's not always the half we ...

Third quarter is a return to the half moon appearance, but it means the moon is three-quarters of the way along in its orbit of Earth. Waning crescent is the fingernail once again, but the lit ...

Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Google released a new Doodle Thursday honoring January's last half moon. The image shows a moon with closed ...

The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location. Today is the date Venus is predicted to reach dichotomy, when its face appears exactly half-lit from Earth.