Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, February 28Venus is a prominent fixture in the evening sky, ...

(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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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

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 ...

One of this month's skywatching highlights is a total lunar eclipse on the night of March 13 — or more precisely, on the morning of the 14th when the Earth gets between the moon and the sun, and we ...

To start March, a waxing crescent Moon and a warming trend underway for much of the U.S. equals a good time to step outside and look up. For the first week of the month, our solar system’s smallest ...