The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight.

Find out what this lunar event really means, and why it's actually impossible to see a black moon rising. A tiny sliver of the moon during the new moon phase in Northern California. Photograph by ...

With the year’s first full moon appearing on Thursday, it’s helpful to know that people tend to go to bed later and sleep less in the days leading up to a full moon, according to a new study.