Stargazers in the U.S. will find the slender form of the crescent moon roughly 20 degrees above the western horizon right at ...

Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...

The Perseids are noted as one of the most popular meteor showers among sky watchers because it is visible and reliable, ...

The moon will appear to hover about 4-degrees below and to the left of Venus. Your clenched fist held at arm’s length measures roughly 10-degrees. So, the moon and Venus will appear to be less ...

NASA's Artemis 1 mission's Orion spacecraft captured amazing views of the Earthset as the moon passed in front of it on flight day 6. On flight day 8, the spacecraft captured a view of itself with the ...

The Alpha Capricornid, Southern Delta Aquariid, ... On this night, the Moon will be a waning crescent about 18 percent lit when it rises around 2 A.M. local daylight time.

A triple conjunction of Saturn, Venus, and the crescent moon will look like a smiley face in the sky. The triple conjunction will appear just before sunrise. Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo.

“While there will be a crescent moon in the sky before dawn on April 25 with two bright planets nearby, it won’t be nearly as dramatic as some images suggest,” EarthSky said.

On Saturday evening (Oct. 5) as darkness is falling, be sure to take a look low toward the west-southwest part of the sky for a beautiful celestial tableau formed by a lovely crescent moon and the ...