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 ...

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 ...

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

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

If you face south-southwest about 45 minutes after sunset during mid-twilight you'll see a beautiful crescent moon. And floating about 3 degrees above it will be the dazzling Evening Star ...

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

Lord Shiva's iconic crescent moon symbolizes time's cyclical nature, balancing creation and destruction. It represents ...