As of Friday, Feb. 13, the Moon phase is Waning Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 17% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.

On February 9–10, 2026, the last quarter moon rises in Libra alongside stars Spica and Arcturus, offering telescope observations of lunar craters and Montes Appenninus.

February holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky. See what's happening in the skies over North Texas this ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during February 2026 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

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On January 14, 2026, deep love is arriving for three zodiac signs. In Sagittarius, the Waning Crescent Moon focuses on honesty and emotional truth. It gives us the courage to stop pretending something ...

Viral social media posts claiming a celestial "smiley face" will appear on Christmas are false. The "smiley face" illusion is an optical effect caused by the alignment of a crescent Moon and two ...

The Geminid meteor shower in 2017 Jeff Sullivan via Flickr under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Skywatchers, rejoice. It’s once again time to watch what is often considered the best and brightest meteor shower of ...

Amid tonight's waning crescent moon phase — a very thin sliver of light — you may catch site of the bright Leonid meteor shower that peaked this week and remains active until Nov. 30 or the Northern ...

The Moon lies to the lower left (east) of Regulus in Leo as they rise early this morning in the east shortly after midnight. By 5 A.M. local time, they’ve reached 50° high in the southeast. The Moon ...

A Japanese astronomer captured a pair of objects slamming into the lunar surface in recent days. By Robin George Andrews Last week, a handful of watching telescopes captured something crashing into ...

Before the next full moon, this weekend's sky with be ablaze with Orionids bright meteor shower display amid a waning crescent moon and another active meteor shower — the Southern Taurids. The next ...