exploration as well as space science and entertainment, and enjoys observing the moon through a tabletop Celestron telescope when the weather is clear. While the moon has four primary phases each ...
A new Moon is an excellent time to try and spot meteors or look at the stars, as moonlight can't wash out light from other astronomical objects. During the lunar phase known as the waxing crescent ...
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 ...
A rare Black Moon will rise at the end of the year, and it will give both professional and amateur astronomers a great opportunity to view some far-away celestial bodies.
January's full Moon peaks at about 5:30 EST on the 13th—earlier as you go westward, though; for example, in Houston, it peaks at 4:26 p.m., and in Sacramento the full Moon peaks at 2:26.