First Quarter Moon arrives at 3:06 p.m. EDT. You can find the half-lit orb high in the southwest as darkness falls; it doesn’t set until nearly 3 a.m. local daylight time tomorrow morning. The Moon ...

2021’s best comet, C/2021 A1 (Leonard), floats just 5° below Venus in the evening sky tonight. Depending on the Leonard’s current magnitude, it may be just visible to the naked eye in the falling ...

This week features a New Moon, which means two things—it’s a great week for both stargazing and, slightly beforehand, crescent Moon-watching. One of the most difficult observations in stargazing comes ...

The so-called January “wolf moon” — the first of 12 full moons that will appear in 2024 — will be lighting up the winter sky this week. The January moon officially turns full at 12:54 p.m. Eastern ...

The last full moon of the year occurs on Dec. 14. Credit: Creators.com illustration Our last full moon of the year will occur on the night of Saturday, Dec. 14. As the sun sets behind the southwestern ...

Did you ever wonder why the full moon seems so big and bright in the winter? Because the Earth’s axis is tilted about 23.5 degrees to its orbit around the sun, the sun appears at different heights ...

The skies can be most alluring in winter. Besides sharper, low-moisture nights for star-gazing and possible northern lights, you might catch sight of moon dogs, sun dogs and ice pillars. Sun dogs ...

This new year of 2024 will be great for anybody who enjoys taking in the free nightly show overhead, although the biggest show of the year will be during the day, in this stargazer’s opinion. On April ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes). Check my main feed for more in-depth articles on ...

November night skies are action-filled this year! The full moon is on Nov. 8. It’s arguably best known as the “Beaver Moon,” It’s also known as the Frosty Moon and the Dark Moon, among others. The ...