Today its last quarter moon when the moon rises half-lit around midnight and sets at midday. In the ensuing week, it will rise about 50 minutes later and shrink each night, eventually rising as a ...

"The Half Moon is the turning point in the lunar ... eight distinct phases in its approximate 29.5-day cycle: New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous ...

These next two weeks we'll follow the moon's journey past the orange heart-star of Scorpius, Antares, and onward past blazing ...

May 16 (UPI) -- Google is celebrating the final half moon of May. The search engine released a new Doodle on Friday. The ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the ...

People have been looking forward to April 25, when two bright “stars” are supposed to form the eyes of a smiling face, while a thin crescent moon will look like the face’s grin in the pre ...

The arrangement of Venus, Saturn and a slender crescent Moon will create a unique visual phenomenon resembling a smiling face in the sky, according to NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Brenda ...

Some social media accounts claim that Saturn, Venus and the Crescent Moon will form what looks like two eyes and a smile on Friday morning April 25. The reality is, Venus will be larger and brighter.

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury in the eastern sky on Friday morning. All four objects will be visible ...

A rare formation — a triple conjunction — will take place as Saturn and Venus align with the crescent moon on Friday, appearing in a triangle shape — which some say could appear as a smiley ...