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

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.

Here's what I found. By the way, did I mention this was weird? We're looking at a waxing gibbous moon on Sunday night. That means the moon illuminated, but not all of it. Usually, it's that ...

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 ...

New Moon, waxing crescent, First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent. A cycle starting from one Full Moon to its next counterpart, termed the ...

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 ...

Ancient astrologers believed syncing intentions with the Moon’s phases could enhance success. The New Moon marks a time for setting goals, while the Waxing Crescent emphasizes visualization. Action is ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Around midnight tonight in the east, a 55%-lit waning gibbous moon will be just a tenth of a degree from Spica, the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and about 250 light-years distant.

But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts.