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

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

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 ...

On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the famous Pleiades star ...

Look about an hour before sunrise on Feb. 1 and find Venus, bright but very low, in the southeast, with much dimmer Mercury to its lower left. Far to Venus’s upper right shines Saturn, and ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

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

followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent. This cycle repeats once every 29.5 days. Earth's only natural ...

The brightest planets in the night sky will shine as the 'planet parade' continues throughout February, plus be on the ...