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 ...

A crescent moon will appear alongside the bright stars Castor and Pollox to form a lopsided grin in the night sky on May 29.

Head’s up, skywatchers, as April closes out, the night sky will include a crescent moon alignment this week on Friday, April 25. The grouping of planets will include bright Venus, Saturn, and ...

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 ...

But what unites all Muslims is the observance of the new crescent moon in the ninth month ... surface of the moon is brightly illuminated from Earth’s perspective. The invisible phase of the ...