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

(Image: Angela Scott) A similar display is expected tomorrow night when Venus ... includes eight phases: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous ...

Venus, Earth's sister planet ... the moon is referred to as being in a "waxing gibbous" phase. Until now, since the new moon, it's been a "waxing crescent." Tonight, a 57%-lit waxing gibbous ...