I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to Northern Hemisphere mid-northern ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Dec. 26, 2024, the moon is 25 days old, in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 16% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

Jupiter, Mars and Venus are all shining brightly, with Saturn also visible and two other planets in tow. Here's when, where ...

As the world marks Christmas, NORAD's tracker shows the path Santa Claus takes. It's part of a tradition dating back nearly 70 years. Here is a shot of the waning crescent Christmas moon from the top ...

Sky enthusiasts, especially those fond of tracking “shooting stars,” may want to mark their calendars for these meteor showers happening in 2024. Quadrantids (Dec. 15 – Jan. 17) Originating from the ...

A waning crescent moon will creep closer and closer to Spica until the star's light is extinguished in the blink of an eye on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 27. Earlier this month, the planet ...

Lord Shiva's iconic crescent moon symbolizes time's cyclical nature, balancing creation and destruction. It represents ...

Our moon goes through phases, sometimes turning red or disappearing into shadows. Here's what you need to know about the full moon.

January’s full moon arrives at 4:27 p.m. on the 13th. At approximately 8:08 p.m. that night, Mars disappears behind the advancing moon—an event that may be lost in the moon’s glare.