A crescent moon will pair up with Saturn tonight, Jan. 22, setting the stage for a short but sweet cosmic display just after ...

What will we see in the southern sky in 2026? A total eclipse of the Moon (at a convenient time), a blue Moon and a supermoon, the two brightest planets close together, and Jupiter disappearing behind ...

Viral social media posts claiming a celestial "smiley face" will appear on Christmas are false. The "smiley face" illusion is an optical effect caused by the alignment of a crescent Moon and two ...

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Amid tonight's waning crescent moon phase — a very thin sliver of light — you may catch site of the bright Leonid meteor shower that peaked this week and remains active until Nov. 30 or the Northern ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights ...

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Tonight, October 23, 2025, stargazers are in for a rare treat as the waxing crescent moon lines up with Mars and Mercury just after sunset. This cosmic trio will put on a show in the southwestern sky, ...

Look to the southwestern horizon at sunset on Oct. 23 to see the slender form of the crescent moon shine close to Mercury and Mars in the evening sky. All three worlds will lie within 10 degrees of ...

The New Moon is typically invisible from Earth as its illuminated side faces away, with the shadowed side blending into the bright daytime sky when it is positioned between Earth and the Sun.