When the moon is nearly between Earth and the sun, one side of the moon faces the sun, and that side is illuminated, but the side the Earth sees is dark. This is called the new moon phase of the lunar ...

The moon goes by many names. August saw the full sturgeon moon while in March sky-gazers may have witnessed the blood moon, which occurs when the satellite appears to turn red during a lunar eclipse.

A Black Moon rises tomorrow (Aug. 23), though you won't see it. Its timing makes it a rare lunar event. Tomorrow (Aug. 23), the night sky will play host to an unusual lunar event known as a Black Moon ...

Many sky-gazers around the world will get the chance to see a dazzling celestial display this weekend — a total lunar eclipse that could cause the moon to take on a deep reddish hue. The lunar eclipse ...

The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...

The moon and sun put on a magnificent show on Sept. 21 when a dramatic partial solar eclipse darkened the sky over a swathe of the Pacific ocean, transforming the disk of our parent star into a ...

A total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon, will occur Sept. 7-8, 2025. The event happens when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting a reddish shadow. The September 2025 total ...

September's new moon will be a special event this weekend, as it rises amid a partial solar eclipse — visible to only 0.2% of the world's population — and leads us all into the autumnal equinox. When ...

On Oct. 6, a harvest supermoon will peak alongside the gas giant Saturn Getty Calling all skywatchers and moon gazers! On Oct. 6, a supermoon will rise bigger and brighter, casting an eerie glow that ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...