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

The dim light visible on the dark limb of a crescent moon, “Da Vinci glow” is named after the 16th century Italian astronomer leonardo Da Vinci, who first observed it. It’s also called ...

A waning crescent moon will creep closer and closer to Spica until the star's light is extinguished in the blink of an eye on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 27. Earlier this month, the planet ...

Our moon goes through phases, sometimes turning red or disappearing into shadows. Here's what you need to know about the full moon.

The same side of the Moon always faces Earth, but it looks different – even just a little bit every day – because sunlight ...

The sun's light is now shining on the other half of the visible face of the moon. Waning crescent: Less than half of the moon's face appears to be getting sunlight, and the amount is decreasing.

When most people take a picture of a full moon it usually turns out as a blazing white featureless orb in the sky, even ...

Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface ... The Moon is non-luminous, meaning that it does not produce light. We see the Moon because it reflects light from the Sun, and ...