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

The moon's last quarter - or final quarter phase will occur at 07:59 a.m. EDT (1159 GMT) on the morning of May 20 for viewers ...

NASA shares the moon’s exact distance from Earth and its impact on ocean tides, solar eclipses, and space travel. See how ...

The moon's nearside (that is, the side facing Earth) is dark-colored and dominated by ancient lava flows, whereas the farside ...

The Moon passes 0.3° south of Antares in the constellation Scorpius at 1 A.M. EDT. The pair is high in the southern sky at this time, particularly for observers in the eastern half of the U.S ...

The Old Farmer’s Almanac began publishing full moon names in the 1930s, which were inspired by those associated with Native American tribes. For instance, the flower moon—the name of each full ...

The moon's insides are crooked thanks to the near side being some 306 degrees Fahrenheit hotter at depth than its counterpart on the lunar far side. This is the conclusion of an international team ...

In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two celestial objects—like planets, the Moon, or stars—appear very close together in the sky from our point of view on Earth. They don't physically come ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the night sky. The crescent moon will appear "wafer thin" through the night ...

While meteor showers and auroras can be elusive and sometimes challenging to observe, planetary conjunctions — especially when they are grouped together with the Moon — offer a way for anyone ...