The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

Skywatchers in central Florida and southern Texas can witness a rare lunar standstill on Feb. 7, as the waxing gibbous moon ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 9, 2025, the moon is 11 days old, in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 91% 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 ...

The second full moon of the year − appropriately called the snow moon − will reach its peak Wednesday evening.

The moon makes for an excellent guide to see Mars in the night sky tonight. As the sun sets this evening (Feb. 9), the moon ...

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 its next counterpart, termed the ...

Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how to get the best view of the rare conjunction.

Look to the southwest sky after sunset on Saturday, as the sliver of a waxing crescent moon nears bright Venus with Saturn ...

Here's what I found. By the way, did I mention this was weird? We're looking at a waxing gibbous moon on Sunday night. That means the moon illuminated, but not all of it. Usually, it's that ...