The Moon does not make its own light like a star. The Moon appears bright because it reflects light from the Sun. Like the Earth, half of the Moon faces towards the Sun, and half faces away from it.

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse.

I just love how all the pieces fit together." So when a total eclipse ... "The earth is rotating around the sun then the moon comes in front of the earth and then blocks the sun," said Rosa ...

After the sun and the moon, the planet Venus is the brightest astronomical object in the night sky. The close conjunction of Venus and a crescent moon will be visible once more this year ...