Look to the west-southwest after dark on Thursday, Jan. 22, to see a 17%-lit waxing crescent moon moving close to the ringed ...

The Moon is shining bright tonight.

On Thursday, September 19, a paper-thin waning crescent moon will rise before dawn, sliding close to Venus and Regulus in the eastern sky. Only about two percent of the moon will be lit, one of its ...

This week in Starwatch I want to go back to basics when it comes to the moon. So why does the moon change shape? Why is it a crescent on one night, a half-moon another night, and a full moon on yet ...

A close conjunction of the waning crescent Moon (approximately 26% illuminated) and Jupiter occurred around 7 A.M. EDT, observable in the eastern sky before sunrise, with the Moon positioned between ...