While celestial distractions are never hard to come by on clear evenings, meteor showers offer a different kind of temptation ...

(Image: Angela Scott) A similar display is expected tomorrow night when Venus - known as the Evening Star - is likely to be much closer to the moon. The 16.5% Waxing Crescent Moon and Venus on ...

March's full moon, known as the Worm Moon, will bring a stunning total lunar eclipse, turning the Moon a deep reddish hue in ...

Let’s get to the sky for March 2025! During March 2025 Venus and the moon are the “stars” of the sky show for the month. Venus remains bright, the moon undergoes a total lunar eclipse and partially ...

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

"If the moon and a planet are near Castor and Pollux you have an impressive show." From our earthly perspective, the moon and Mars will appear closest to each other at around 8 p.

But don’t worry if you miss out on Friday as on Saturday the 6%-lit, waxing crescent moon will be more easily visible in the western sky after sunset. Meanwhile Venus will shine bright at a ...

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 ...

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting ...