As of Tuesday, Sept. 16, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 28% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily ...

Today, Sept. 8, 2025, the moon is 16 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated.

Typically, Venus is the brightest star in the sky after the sun and the moon. From late March to the end of this year, Venus will play the role of the 'Morning Star,' shining brightly in the eastern ...

And speaking of the break of dawn, that happens nowadays at around 5:15 a.m. local daylight time. And that's the time for ...

The bright stars Castor and Pollux will be positioned to the left of the moon in the early morning hours of Aug. 19. Mercury, ...

Generally, Venus is the brightest star in the sky after the sun and moon. From late March to the end of the year, Venus has been playing the role of the 'Morning Star,' shining brightly in the eastern ...

Three celestial bodies are about to meet up for one night in September in a conjunction that should be widely visible in the ...

Another, more subtle consequence is that at mid-latitudes like ours, morning and evening twilight periods are shortest during ...

New moons are only visible during solar eclipses. This visualization of a tiny sliver, for example, is technically a crescent moon. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 This ...

September’s full moon will be accompanied by a total lunar eclipse that will be visible to much of the world. Here’s how to ...