A "buck moon," which scientists predict will appear on August 23, happens when the moon passes through the same part of the ...

The King of the Planets teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on May 27.

Venus currently rises in the east at 3:35 a.m. local daylight time. The eerie, low glimmering of Venus is a harbinger of daybreak, which begins exactly at that same time. In a telescope, Venus's ...

There are eight phases of the moon during a 29.5-day cycle: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent. Enlarge Image ...

Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will find the slender form of the crescent moon roughly 20 degrees above the western horizon right at ...

Now nearing a close conjunction, Saturn and Neptune sit just to the right of the crescent Moon in the morning sky.

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury in the eastern sky on Friday morning.

June 1: Crescent Moon Visible Between Mars and Regulus: June 11: Full Strawberry Moon: Mid June: Mercury Shows Off : June 16-18: The Red Planet Meets the Blue Heart of Leo ...

Crescent visibility will be impossible in regions marked in red, where the moon will either set before the sun or the conjunction will occur after sunset. In areas shaded blue, the crescent will ...