The last new moon rose on Sept. 1. The black moon will rise about 5 p.m. this Friday, the last day of the month. Many news outlets have reported this as a “rare occurrence.” ...

The lunar cycle of a new moon is approximately 29.5 days, which means, on a rare occasion, it can happen twice in single month. Hence, the black moon is the extra new moon in a cycle.

A Black Moon is typically said to be when there’s more than one New Moon in the same calendar month. That can occur because the Moon takes 29.5 days to orbit Earth, which is roughly the length ...

By this definition, the next “Black Moon” is on May 19, 2023. Why do stargazers love ‘Black Moons?’ For the same reason sky-watchers always love a New Moon—it means dark skies.

The rest of the planet will see the black Moon on Aug. 30. Although there is no one single definition of a black Moon, according to Time and Date, it is most commonly used to represent the second ...

December is coming to an end with a "black moon" on Monday night, Dec. 30, but those hoping to see the phenomenon will be out of luck. That's because a black moon is the term for the second new ...

Whether you experience a black moon depends on your time zone. For much of the U.S. and the world, the second new moon will technically occur just after midnight on December 1.

This month’s “Black Moon” falls under the former category, and will occur on Monday night, according to NASA. It follows the first new moon of the month, which occurred Dec. 1.