Each month, as day and night sweep across the lunar nearside, the sunlit part of our view takes on a series of familiar shapes: crescent ... to see the Moon’s actual color from a distance.

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, it is sometimes possible to make out the stunning effect known ...

The crescent moon will complete a celestial smiley ... referred to as a “blood moon”, a name derived from the color the moon takes on during the eclipse. While a solar eclipse plunges the ...

Why is sighting the crescent moon important for Muslims? The sighting of the crescent moon holds immense significance for the Muslim community all over the world. The start and end of the month of ...