I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

The moon makes for an excellent guide to see Mars in the night sky tonight. As the sun sets this evening (Feb. 9), the moon will be shining brightly in the east, 93% illuminated in its waxing ...

With a fresh coating of snow on the ground in New Jersey and more snow on the way this week, the timing is setting up perfectly for the February “snow moon.” The so-called snow moon of 2025 ...

There will also be two total lunar eclipses that occur during the March and September full moon events. A lunar eclipse, which causes the moon to look dark or dimmed, occurs when Earth is between the ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Friday ... to know what you can see tonight check out our night sky live blog or if you want to plan further ahead ...

which is the second full moon of the year, it is expected to appear large in the sky tonight. The Sky at Night Magazine has offered advice for how to see Mars and Moon as they appear close.

The second full moon of the year will reach its peak on Wednesday night. There are various names for the February full moon ...

February’s full ... moon rises and lights up the sky in on Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo by Mesut Karaduman/Anadolu via Getty Images) What you can do: The best sight of February’s full moon will be ...

Stargazers have been kept busy in 2025 already with planetary alignments lighting up the night sky. Now February heralds the arrival of a snow moon, the last full moon of the meteorological winter ...

The next full moon is on Wednesday, Feb. 12, with peak illumination at 8:53 a.m. Eastern. The best view of this moon will be the night before or night after, according to the Almanac. The moon ...