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

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

The second full moon of the year—arriving on February 12—takes its name from the dusting of snowfall common at this time of ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 3, 2025, the moon is 5 days old, in the waxing crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 32% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

On Saturday 1 February, some of our BBC Weather Watchers reported these sightings of the crescent Moon and Venus close ...

Starting Monday, Feb. 3, the day after Groundhog Day, you should be able to see another planetary parade in the night sky, this time joined by the crescent moon. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a ...

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is a time of fasting, reflection, prayer and community for Muslims ...

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved ...