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

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

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its entire globe can be glimpsed; the waxing crescent moon appearing as a thin ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 1, 2025, the moon is 3 days old, in the waxing crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 13% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

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 conjunction, ...

Stargazers worldwide have been treated to the first glorious night sky sight of 2025 — a panorama of bright planet Venus and a delicate crescent moon. Best viewed on Jan. 3, the duo appeared to ...

There are eight phases of the moon during a 29.5-day cycle: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent. The phases exist ...

Such a sight only occurs with a with a crescent moon. This is because the moon is full when located on the opposite side to Earth to the Sun, illuminating a whole side from our view. When the Moon ...