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

If the weather is clear where you live on Tuesday evening (Dec. 17), look low above the east-northeast horizon at around 8:00 p.m. local standard time and you'll see the waning gibbous moon ...

waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent. The phases exist because of how the moon orbits Earth. "Sunlight illuminates half the Earth and half the moon at all ...

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

Although the Full Moon appeared on January 14, last night’s called ‘Waning Gibbous’ happens directly after a full Moon and lasts until half of the Moon’s face remains lit up at the Third ...

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

The moon will be only 61% illuminated and not quite so dazzling, making this upcoming occultation easy to see and enjoy.

Around midnight tonight in the east, a 55%-lit waning gibbous moon will be just a tenth of ... times shift later by about 50 minutes each night, which means this weekend will feature moonless ...

The Waning Gibbous proceeds to the third quarter of the Moon phase ... The half-Moon, thus perceived in the east, rises in the later part or the second half of the night. This Moon is called the ...