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

On the evening of Friday, February 7, skywatchers across central Florida and southern Texas will be treated to a rare celestial sight as the waxing gibbous moon rises unusually high in the sky.

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

Looking at the Moon through binoculars or a telescope reveals a topography that hints of a violent history. Here’s a look at ...

These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon, a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon. Each phase is named according to where it falls in the 29½-day cycle, whether it is waxing ...

New Moon, waxing crescent, First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent. A cycle starting from one Full Moon to its next counterpart, termed the ...

It’s a lovely pairing that astrophotographers won’t want to miss, with the gibbous Moon hanging to the upper left of bright Jupiter. Sunrise: 7:03 A.M. Sunset: 5:26 P.M. Moonrise ...

A few nights later, on Feb. 9, Mars and the moon will be in conjunction around 2:36 p.m. EST, according to Starwalk.When they reach conjunction, they will be about half a degree apart, although ...