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For March 2021, the moon is waning gibbous in the morning sky as the month begins, reaching last quarter on March 6. The waning crescent in the predawn is…
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The last quarter moon occurs on Dec. 7, and the waning crescent moon passes one degree north of Venus in the dawn on Dec. 12. Get up earlier that morning…
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For September 2020, the moon is full, the Harvest Moon, on September 1. The waning gibbous moon will be in the dawn sky just above bright red Mars on…
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For September 2019, the moon will be first quarter on September 2, just to the west of Jupiter. Two days later the waxing gibbous moon is just west of…
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For July 2019, the new moon occurs on July 2. On the 3rd, the very young crescent lies below the planets Mars and Mercury in twilight, about 40 minutes…
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For April 2019, the waning crescent moon will be just south of Venus in the dawn an hour before sunrise on April 1. The next morning, it will be below…
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After months of anticipation, the first total solar eclipse across the United States in almost four decades did not disappoint – even in areas with some…
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Americans across all 50 United States will get a treat from Mother Nature on Monday -- the first total solar eclipse visible nationwide in 38 years.While…
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Are we alone in the universe? The discovery of TRAPPIST-1 and its seven Earth-like planets could be moving the needle on the answer.The TRAPPIST-1 star…
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Five years and 540 million miles after launch, the solar-powered spacecraft Juno has reached Jupiter.It took 48 minutes for Juno’s radio signal to reach…