February. Stargazers can see it illuminate the skies in the early morning hours of Wednesday the 12th. The celestial body, ...

View Deal Waxing gibbous: The area of illumination continues ... Approximately every day the moon delays its rising (and setting) by about 50 minutes, and this explains why the waxing becomes ...

Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Planets continue their nighttime shows, with eight visible at points during February, including Venus on Feb. 14.

Scientists typically break the moon's 29.5-day cycle into 8 phases ... moon's visible surface appears illuminated during the first quarter. Next comes the waxing gibbous moon, which is partway between ...

The planet is 5.5° from a waxing gibbous Moon Jan. 10 ... occurring in daylight for the Pacific time zone. The 10-day-old Moon tracks across the southern part of the cluster; the first star ...

Currently shining at its greatest brilliance for this current apparition, this dazzling evening "star" currently appears as a ...

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

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

the new moon term was used to describe the first visible crescent of the Moon after its conjunction with the sun. This thin waxing crescent is observed for a short period as the moon gets lower in the ...