The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

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

Looking at the Moon through binoculars or a telescope reveals a topography that hints of a violent history. Here’s a look at ...

Skywatchers in central Florida and southern Texas can witness a rare lunar standstill on Feb. 7, as the waxing gibbous moon ...

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

AUSTIN (KXAN) – It’s a treat that occurs every month and for February, it’s the Full Snow Moon that lights up the night sky.

a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon. Each phase is named according to where it falls in the 29½-day cycle, whether it is waxing (increasing) or waning (shrinking). The eight ...

Neither the Chiefs nor the Eagles have played in a Super Bowl during a waxing gibbous moon. So neither really ... put a 34-14 hurting on the Chiefs that day.

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.

Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how to get the best view of the rare conjunction.