As of Tuesday, Sept. 23, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, there's just 3% visible tonight. Once again, there isn't enough of the moon being illuminated by the sun, so there's nothing for us to see tonight.

Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show.

Astronomers are considering blowing up the “city killer” asteroid, estimated to have a small chance of crashing onto the Moon in 2032, to cut the risk of the collision debris destroying satellites. The near- Earth space rock, dubbed 2024 YR4, was previously thought to have a small chance of impacting Earth.

Some observers may have noticed a faint glow illuminating the darker portion of the moon—a phenomenon known as Earthshine or the Da Vinci glow. It occurs when sunlight reflects off Earth and softly lights up the moon's right side, revealing the ancient basaltic plains known as lunar maria.

Did you see the bright star next to the moon? That was Venus, and part of a conjunction between the moon, Venus and the star Regulus. Will it return?

Asteroid 2024 PT5 is considered Earth's mini-moon and may be a key target for potential asteroid mining operations.

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

As archers begin their whitetail season in New York state on Oct. 1, 2025, they will be hunting under the Harvest Moon, which is full Oct. 6 this year.

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will see the lunar disk pass directly in front of the rocky planet, briefly occulting (or hiding) its light.