The lunar crescent will disappear below the horizon before midnight on Jan. 22.

As the moon wanes toward its new phase on February 17, the month's prime astrophotography window opens. These nights are ...

For months, Saturn has been a steady presence in the sky after sunset, but after tonight, it will move away from our view for ...

Tonight the sky is staging a compact, graceful performance: a slender crescent moon sliding in beside Saturn, with distant Neptune completing a rare triple alignment. For a few hours after sunset and ...

The night of January 21, 2026, will bring one of the most enchanting skywatching events of the season. A slender crescent ...

If you’re a night owl, the 79.5% moon will be in conjunction with Jupiter in the early hours of Feb. 27 (around 01:30 AM ET).

Look to the west-southwest after dark on Thursday, Jan. 22, to see a 17%-lit waxing crescent moon moving close to the ringed ...

The faint crescent Moon returns to the western sky after the new Moon on January 19, 2026, providing a chance for early evening observation near the horizon after sunset.

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including six visible planets, an annular solar eclipse, and the Milky Way’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights ...

The Moon is now situated between magnitude 1.1 Saturn and magnitude –4.5 Venus in the east an hour before dawn. If you were outside yesterday morning, you’ll note that the Moon is now a thinner ...

The Moon is now located on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun and its face will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs at 2:09 PM. This full moon was known by some Native American tribes as ...