Currently shining at its greatest brilliance for this current apparition, this dazzling evening "star" currently appears as a ...

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

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon. This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction, ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Earthshine lights the “dark side of the Moon” on the waxing crescent Moon of February 27, 2020. ... [+] (Photo by ...

As such, the term Earthshine is sometimes referred to as "The old moon in the new moon's arms." The glow is produced by light from a fully illuminated Earth reflecting off the lunar surface.

and some from the Earth itself—known as "earthshine." However, the vast majority comes from the sun. While full moons occur every lunar month, supermoons don't. Since the moon's orbit around ...

Anyone who reads this column regularly knows how much I enjoy seeing a conjunction of the moon and Venus in the western sky ...

Again, it’s a lovely scene for astrophotographers to capture, particularly if earthshine is visible on the Moon, illuminating the portions of its darkened nearside still in Earth’s shadow.

That is why the moon is pockmarked with so many craters ... The L2 point has the added advantage of not suffering from "Earthshine"—reflected light from Earth that could diminish the ...

Jan. 2-3: Quadrantid Meteor Shower Jan. 3: The crescent moon and bright Venus pair up in the Southwestern sky at dusk. Look for Earthshine on the moon. Jan. 4: The waxing crescent moon and Saturn ...