When the night sky is draped in darkness and the moon appears as just a sliver of light, you’re looking at the waning crescent moon. This phase is a fascinating period just before the new moon ...

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

The sun's light is now shining on the other half of the visible face of the moon. Waning crescent: Less than half of the moon's face appears to be getting sunlight, and the amount is decreasing.

Snow Moon tomorrow. ❄️ This time lapse video shows the Lunar Occultation of Mars visible from New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan.

A 10 percent waning crescent moon illuminated with earthshine rises behind the Empire State Building ... [+] before sunrise in New York City on October 11, 2023, as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey.

These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon ... whether it is waxing (increasing) or waning (shrinking). The eight phases of the moon, in order, are: Throughout history, different cultures ...

The Moon passes 0.3° south of the bright red giant star Antares at 7 P.M. EST. However, the pair isn’t visible this evening, as they’ll rise in the early-morning sky, so we’ll feature them ...

Opportunities to see four or more naked-eye planets confined in a small piece of the night sky are rare events. The last chance we had to see four planets in a compact bunch happened six years ...