Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ... 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.

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

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

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

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

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

Astrologer Lisa Stardust reveals what each zodiac sign can expect on Jan. 30, the luckiest astrological day of the month and ...

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more data, at The listings below will be updated and published weekly until ...

What phase of the lunar cycle is the moon in now? As of Feb. 3, the moon is currently in its waxing crescent phase at 32% illumination, according to Space.com. The moon's phases in February are ...

We have the full Snow Moon to look forward to in the week ahead. And thanks to fortuitous timing it will look equally "full" to the unaided eye two nights in a row, on Feb. 11 and 12. That's because ...