The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

Skywatchers in central Florida and southern Texas can witness a rare lunar standstill on Feb. 7, as the waxing gibbous moon ...

New Moon, waxing crescent, First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent. A cycle starting from one Full Moon to its next counterpart, termed the ...

Hi, weird moon people. Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles fans don't know me or the weird moon thing that I do, but they're about to find out. I cover the Detroit Lions and for the last two ...

The 'full moon' phase is as close as we come to seeing the sun's illumination of the entire day side of the moon. In 2025, ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the nighttime sky. The moon, nearly two nights past first quarter and appearing ...

Experts say that rings around the moon can pop up from time to time, but have you ever seen one in Denver? Last night, at ...

Looking at the Moon through binoculars or a telescope reveals a topography that hints of a violent history. Here’s a look at ...

The second full moon of the year − appropriately called the snow moon − will reach its peak Wednesday evening.

The moon makes for an excellent guide to see Mars in the night sky tonight. As the sun sets this evening (Feb. 9), the moon ...

a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon. Each phase is named according to where it falls in the 29½-day cycle, whether it is waxing (increasing) or waning (shrinking). The eight ...