As of Saturday, Nov. 29, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. This means 63% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's ...

The Geminids are expected to run from Dec. 7-17, with a peak on the nights of Dec. 13 and 14 when 120 to 150 shooting stars ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, November 28 First Quarter Moon occurs at 1:59 A.M. EST. While ...

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are ...

The moon reaches its first quarter phase on Friday (Nov. 28), marking a perfect opportunity to explore the half-lit lunar ...

The last supermoon of the year will shine soon in December skies. Supermoons happen a few times a year in clusters, taking ...

A Last Quarter Moon occurs at 1:12 A.M. EDT, positioned approximately 4° west of the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus before sunrise. Uranus, located 4.4° southeast of the Pleiades, is observable near ...

The Moon is about one-fourth the size of Earth. It's primarily composed of rock and minerals, with a small iron core. The Moon's average distance from Earth is roughly 239,000 miles. Lunar phases are ...

June's full moon, also known as the rare strawberry moon will appear this week next to the bright red Antares star in the constellation Scorpius during a Major Lunar Standstill. Here's what it all ...

We're just a day away from a new lunar phase, which means we're close to seeing the moon half-lit up once again. What is a lunar phase, you ask? Lunar phases make up the lunar cycle, a series of eight ...