The 6%-lit waxing crescent moon will be visible roughly 5 degrees above the horizon as the sun sets on Oct. 23, with Mercury ...

Tonight, October 23, 2025, stargazers are in for a rare treat as the waxing crescent moon lines up with Mars and Mercury just ...

As of Friday, Oct. 24, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. There will be 8% of the moon lit up tonight, according to NASA's ...

On the evening of Oct. 9, a waning gibbous moon visits the famous Pleiades Star Cluster  — the Seven Sisters  — in Taurus.

In Sunday morning’s pre-dawn sky, you’ll see a very thin waning crescent moon right next to brilliant Venus. The moon will be ...

On the early morning of October 19, a slender crescent moon pairs with the brightest planet, Venus, creating a stunning ...

A waxing moon is when the illuminated portion of the moon that we see from Earth is growing larger each night. After the new moon, when the moon is invisible or nearly invisible in the night sky, the ...

Learn how the Moon’s phases form, why it changes shape in the sky each night, and what each stage — from new moon to full moon — actually means.

The Floss Silk Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” that grows here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its ...

On the night of Oct. 27, 1965, a new 16-inch telescope situated in a new observatory on the campus of Colorado State University drew its very first light from its first observed object, the planet ...