Tonight, the skies will offer some fascinating celestial events, featuring a special rendezvous between the crescent Moon and ...

You might want to start your Sunday extra early this weekend. That's because on June 22, a triangular arrangement of the waning crescent moon flanked by Venus and the Pleiades star cluster will be ...

The sighting of a crescent moon determines the beginning of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. Here's when to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Early risers on Sunday, June 22, are in for a pre-dawn treat ...

Look to the east in the hours preceding sunrise on Aug. 20 to see a thin crescent moon rendezvous with Venus and Jupiter to form a celestial triangle in the predawn sky. TOP TELESCOPE PICK Review ...

The Moon is now situated between magnitude 1.1 Saturn and magnitude –4.5 Venus in the east an hour before dawn. If you were outside yesterday morning, you’ll note that the Moon is now a thinner ...

On Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25, Venus, Saturn, and the crescent moon will align to look like a smiley face. The rare alignment will be the most visible a few hours before sunrise. From ...

At 5:00 AM EDT, the Moon will be located 7° north of Venus. Before sunrise, Venus (magnitude -4.2) and a 26-day-old, 13% illuminated waning crescent Moon will be visible in the constellation Aries, ...

May is nearing an end, but the night sky still has plenty to offer for stargazers this month. Several visible planets, a new moon, Venus' pull from the sunrise and Manhattanhenge will all occur within ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. February 17: An Antarctic annular eclipse The ...

The next new moon will fall at around 11:02 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 27. Manhattanhenge, a biannual event in Manhattan, New York, will occur at around 8:13 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 28. Venus will ...