The Snow Moon rose on Feb. 12, 2025, marking the end of Chinese New Year and setting up both the beginning of Ramadan and a ...

And be sure to get outside after sunset tonight (Feb. 1). For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western Hemisphere.

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

As the moon moves through its various stages, it experiences several phases of partial light. These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon, a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon.

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, ...

As it grows, it is known as a waxing moon, and gradually increases from a waxing "crescent" (for its shape into the first quarter moon. As it continues to brighten, it takes on an oblong ...

The researchers analysed oxygen isotopes from 14 samples from the Moon and carried out 191 measurements on minerals from Earth. Isotopes are varieties of the same element that differ only in the ...

The Moon passes 0.4° south of this star at 4 A.M. EST. You can catch the pair about 20° high in the south around 5:30 A.M. local time, with the crescent Moon to Antares’ lower left.

This morning, rising in the east about three hours before sunrise will be a 26%-lit waning crescent moon barely a third of a degree from Antares, the “Heart of the Scorpion” in the ...

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