I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to Northern Hemisphere mid-northern ...

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than ... approximately two weeks after the start of the lunar month. Image caption, As the ...

A waning crescent moon will creep closer ... But unlike a planet which can take up to a minute or two to be completely covered by the moon, a star, in contrast, appears to creep up to the moon's ...

The two brightest nighttime ... mid-twilight you'll see a beautiful crescent moon. And floating about 3 degrees above it will be the dazzling Evening Star: the planet Venus. Remember that your ...