Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the ...

Waxing crescent: As the moon moves around Earth ... NASA's SkyCal Events Calendar offers a comprehensive calendar of moon phases, lunar and solar eclipses and more for the entire calendar year.

Related: What you can see in the night sky tonight On the nights before and after a new moon, when just a thin crescent is present ... Earth reflecting off the lunar surface.

Jan. 28 marks the Lunar New Year, beginning the Year of the Snake. It's not the only lunar festival — Ramadan begins Feb. 28, ...

The Arabic term Ramadan connotes intense heat. It seems that in pre-Islamic Arabia, Ramadan was the name of a scorching hot summer month. In the Islamic calendar, however, the timing of Ramadan varies ...

There will also be two total lunar eclipses that occur during the March and September full moon events. A lunar eclipse, ...

The second full moon of the year − appropriately called the snow moon − will reach its peak Wednesday evening.

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is a time of fasting, reflection, prayer and community for Muslims ...

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar ... although the exact dates may depend on sightings of the crescent moon. Some Muslims watch for sightings of the new moon from around ...