This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

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 ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

What is the moon phase today? Today, Jan. 29, 2025, the moon is 30 days old, in the New Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 0% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky.

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon.

Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface ... We see the Moon because it reflects light from the Sun, and half of the Moon’s surface is always illuminated.

The crescent Moon joins the planets Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in alignment over Melbourne Beach Friday ...

( NewsNation) — You might want to keep your eyes on the skies for the next couple of months: Six planets will align in ...