With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

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

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction, ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

A crescent moon will be part of a planetary parade featuring six planets after sunset on Feb. 3. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

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 ...