Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Feb. 7 will appear quite unusual, climbing so very high in the sky.

Mississippi stargazers will be able to see 4 or 5 planets in the night sky with their naked eye this month. Will you be able ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly The moonrise and moonset schedule this week The following is adapted from Alison Klesman’s The Sky This Week column. Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise ...

The Moon passes 0.4° south of the bright red giant Antares in Scorpius this morning at 4 A.M. EST. The pair is visible in the ...

The moon may still be geologically active ... lunar near side — the face of the moon that we can see hanging in the sky. The near side is characterized by the famous "Man in the Moon ...

The Moon passes 0.3° south of the bright red giant star Antares at 7 P.M. EST. However, the pair isn’t visible this evening, as they’ll rise in the early-morning sky, so we’ll feature them ...

Unsurprisingly, the name of February's full moon became known as the snow moon since it rises in one of the snowiest months, on average, in the United States. Because bad weather and heavy snows made ...

Look west after sunset for a chance to see a super-slim 2.4%-lit crescent moon. It won’t be easy because it will only be in the sky while it’s still bright, just after the sunset. You’ll ...