The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Monday, Dec. 30 at 5:27 p ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 5:27 P.M. EST (2227 GMT) but local moonrise ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

When the student translated the phrase literally, Sōseki reportedly suggested instead, "The moon is beautiful." It is a way of saying that, because the moon is beautiful, sharing the moment of ...

The Moon is one of nature's wonders, but to photograph it successfully you first have to understand it. Although astrophotographers specializing in the Moon usually photograph it through a powerful ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Maleah Joi Moon poses for a portrait on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in New York. Moon has been named one of The ...

This weekend, skywatchers in 13 states will experience a celestial rarity—a "black moon." The phenomenon, occurring on Saturday, November 30, will happen only in Western time zones of the United ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo ...