Watch the moon phases and libration for 2024, as seen from Earth's Southern Hemisphere, in this time-lapsed animation that is set at hourly intervals. Video credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Stu ...

Trundling along the ecliptic plane in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the evening sky.

China's Chang'e-6 mission landed on the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, according to the China National Space Administration ...

Commercial company Intuitive Machines has landed its second probe on the moon, ... a flat-topped mountain around 100 miles from the moon's south pole on schedule, at about 12:31 p.m. ET.

Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...

Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon's south pole, where rough terrain can make landing difficult. The manned U.S. Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s were closer to the moon's equator.

The Buck Moon charges into the night sky very soon. Here's when and what time you can spot it shining its brightest in ...

The name Strawberry Moon comes from the fact that the month of June is when the harvesting of strawberries occurs, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. Moons often get their name from the season, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported Wednesday.

Pink moon to light up the South Texas sky over the weekend The pink moon will rise on Saturday with the arrival of a new lunar phase. Shelby Ebertowski, KSAT Weather Authority Meteorologist .

The Pink Moon of 2025 will rise over South Carolina this weekend. Just don’t look up expecting to see the moon awash in a rosy color. The fanciful name for the April full moon comes from the ...