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

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

Skywatchers in central Florida and southern Texas can witness a rare lunar standstill on Feb. 7, as the waxing gibbous moon ...

View Deal Waxing gibbous: The area of illumination continues ... The production of the phases depends on the Earth-moon-sun geometry and on the revolution motion of the moon around the Earth.

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

The 'full moon' phase is as close as we come to seeing the sun's illumination of the entire day side of the moon. In 2025, ...

When the moon is between Earth and the Sun, the illuminated part of the ... less of the illuminated part of the Moon is visible – this is a waxing gibbous Moon. Image caption, When the Moon ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched ... 2:14 A.M. Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous (66%) Friday, February 7 Sunrise: 7:02 A.M. Sunset: 5:27 P.M. Moonrise ...

The moon makes for an excellent guide to see Mars in the night sky tonight. As the sun sets this evening (Feb. 9), the moon ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched ... New Moon, waxing crescent, First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and ...