What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 3, 2025, the moon is 5 days old, in the waxing crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 32% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

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

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 ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more data, at The listings below will be updated and published weekly until ...

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

The term for this is called "complementary phases." TOP TELESCOPE PICK ... its entire globe can be glimpsed; the waxing crescent moon appearing as a thin arc of yellowish-white light enclosing ...

January's full moon passed in front of Mars, a rare occultation. Depending on where you are viewing from, it will happen ...

3:27 A.M. The phases of the Moon are: New Moon, waxing crescent, First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent. A cycle starting from one Full Moon to ...