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View Deal Waxing gibbous: The area of illumination continues to increase. More than half of the moon's face appears to be getting sunlight. Full moon: The moon is 180 degrees away from the sun and ...

Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

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

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 ...

Both will off a clear view of the horizon and the best views of the Snow Moon, clear skies allowing. Your naked eyes are perfect for viewing, but a pair of binoculars will enhance your view of the ...

The moon, nearly two nights past first quarter and appearing as a waxing gibbous phase, 70% illuminated, will appear to stand almost directly above a very bright, non-twinkling, silvery "star." But it ...

It's one of the four bright stars often closely visited by the moon. Sunday, Feb. 16: A Waning Gibbous Moon With Spica Here's a super-close conjunction that you don't want to miss. You'll need to ...