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

The moon will rise with Venus and the ice giant Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on Thursday, May 22.Stargazers in the U.S. will ...

Simply look to the western sky after sunset. The delicate form of the crescent moon is set to draw close to the planet ...

The planet’s disk also appears as a crescent, now some 45 percent lit. That disk spans an impressive 26” in the sky, thanks to Venus’ proximity to Earth: It is currently just less than 5.9 ...

We've even been asked if you could run solar cells during the long lunar night on reflected earthlight, so we decided to ...

On the evening of May 27, the 23-hour-old moon will appear low in the northwestern sky starting about a half-hour after ...

The waning crescent Moon contrasts nicely with Venus the morning star, with the planet quickly approaching dichotomy.

during which it passed between the sun and Earth, causing its shadow-drenched disk to be temporarily lost from sight in the sun's glare. In the coming days the moon will form a waxing crescent ...