Mare Crisium, or the 'Sea of Crises', can be spotted on the night of May 30 as an oval-shaped dark patch on the moon's ...

As the bright star Regulus and the Beehive Cluster shine close by. The moon will appear to skip over Mars between the nights ...

Eight lunar phases happen in order: new Moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous ... known as the waxing crescent, just a thin curve of the Moon is visible. As the lunar orbit ...

You might already know that roughly a quarter of the world’s population ... But what unites all Muslims is the observance of the new crescent moon in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.

Over time, we begin to see more of it and we say the moon is waxing. First, we see a waxing crescent, then a so-called “first quarter moon.” It's a slightly confusing name because it actually ...

In the coming days the moon will form a waxing crescent, which will grow steadily larger in the run-up to its first quarter phase, which will happen on Sunday, May 4. It may be possible at this ...

22nd: Autumnal equinox (“equal night”) for the Northern Hemisphere. 24th: Last quarter Moon. 25th: Crescent Moon near Mars in the early morning sky. 26th: Moon near bright star Pollux in ...

Credit: Christophe Lehenaff, Getty Images May 30 presents a perfect opportunity to spot Mare Crisium — a dark Nevada-sized patch — etched into the delicate curve of the crescent moon before it ...

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.