Look again to the southwest after dark to see a 32%-lit waxing crescent moon closing in on Jupiter, the brightest planet in the night sky. Today, our natural satellite in space reaches its First ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

Look west after sunset for a 21% lit waxing crescent moon ... night skies begin to get brightly lit by moonlight and stars become harder to see. Don’t plan a stargazing trip to a dark sky ...

That’s because during the 27 days following Monday night's Venus-moon pairing, the Earth’s movement around the sun will cause the sun’s position in the sky to shift to the east as well.

There, about one-third of the way up from the horizon to the overhead point, you'll see an eye-catching sight: A lovely, thin crescent moon ... Related: Night sky, March 2024: What you can ...

Head’s up, skywatchers, as April closes out, the night sky will include a crescent moon alignment this week on Friday, April 25. The grouping of planets will include bright Venus, Saturn ...

Evening stargazers may have noticed Venus shining bright above the western horizon in recent weeks, appearing higher in the sky with each passing night ... The crescent moon will appear to ...

Here’s how it works. Starting this week, you can watch five planets in the evening sky as a crescent moon rises higher each night. From Thursday, March 23 through Thursday, March 30, it will be ...

Muslims worldwide will see the waxing crescent moon in the sky on Friday night, the first night of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. But guess what? When you search the skies for ...

On Saturday evening (Oct. 5) as darkness is falling, be sure to take a look low toward the west-southwest part of the sky for a beautiful celestial tableau formed by a lovely crescent moon and the ...