With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

As the moon moves through its various stages, it experiences several phases of partial light. These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon, a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon.

We have the full Snow Moon to look forward to in the week ahead. And thanks to fortuitous timing it will look equally "full" to the unaided eye two nights in a row, on Feb. 11 and 12. That's because ...

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Jupiter and Saturn will be joined on one side by a rising Mercury and on the other approached by a waning crescent Moon ... Cor Caroli is a double star about 115 light ...