Today, Nov. 10, 2024, the moon is 9 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 66% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1:21 a ...

A full moon lunar eclipse in Taurus brings our attention to such Taurean realms as resources, sustainability, and livelihood. Topics of who and what is resourced and supported may be top of mind.

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

The celestial phenomenon happens a few times during every lunar cycle because the moon’s orbit is elliptical, meaning there are intervals when Earth’s only permanent natural satellite is ...

On the lunar front, though, there is clear competition. China has plans to fly its own astronauts to the Moon by 2030, and many Americans have a neuralgic reaction to the idea that America’s ...

The next full moon is due to appear this week in night skies all over the world. When it emerges, the phenomenon will hold a couple of notable titles. First, it's the Hunter's Moon, a centuries ...

The next full moon — the Beaver moon — will occur Nov. 15. The full moon falls in the midpoint of the lunar cycle when the Earth is positioned directly between the sun and the moon.

The astrological system elucidates four primary phases of the Moon, each of these phases referred to as a quarter. It also includes four intermediate phases in the waxing and waning period of the ...

Bricks made from simulated lunar soil, a potential building material for future habitats on the moon, are scheduled to be sent to China's space station for exposure experiments, with the first ...

It aims to combine highly engineered functionality and aesthetics to deal with challenging lunar conditions. Artemis 3 is planned as the first astronaut moon landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.