Look for “Earthshine” on the crescent moon’s dark side—sunlight reflected from Earth’s ice-caps and clouds onto the moon’s surface. Far above the moon will be Jupiter.

Stargazers may be able to catch a glimpse of a ghostly crescent moon this week, aptly named after the genius scientist who first discovered the phenomenon: Leonardo da Vinci. Starting May 16, the ...

The Da Vinci glow isn’t in a museum. It’s in the sky. Here is what to look for and how to see the crescent moon lit up by Earthshine.

“There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.” —Pink Floyd With my apologies to Roger Waters, who wrote those lyrics, there is a dark side of the moon. And ...

The glow is not due to the moon illuminating itself. It is created by planet Earth, whose light can illuminate the night sky 50 times more brightly than that of a full moon, NASA says.

Mars, appearing as an orange-red star, will make a close encounter with the thin waxing crescent Moon in the western sky. The Red Planet will set just before midnight. Noctilucent clouds over the ...

See a razor-thin moon shine close to Regulus in the evening sky tonight See a lunar scar darken the crescent moon on May 30 Related: Moon facts: Fun information about the Earth's moon ...

And be sure to get outside after sunset tonight (Feb. 1). For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western Hemisphere.

The moon, in its waning crescent phase, will be just 15% lit during the event. Just 1 degree — about the width of an outstretched finger — to its upper right will be Venus, shining at a ...