Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.

On July 28, a rare skywatching event will bring the crescent moon and Mars together in the Western skies of Southern ...

The slim crescent moon will pass the Pleiades star cluster tonight. The Pleiades is known as the 'Seven Sisters' but actually has more than 800 stars.

A “real” Blue Moon occurs when four full Moons occur in the same three-month season. ... The evening planets of Venus (right) and Jupiter (left), to the right of the waxing crescent Moon on ...

A rare lunar occultation, fading crescent moon, and an interstellar visitor make for a memorable week of stargazing in ...

A 13%-lit slim waxing crescent moon will be visible in the southwestern sky just after sunset, slightly higher than last night and in the sky for somewhat longer.

So, the moon had to travel that much more across the sky to catch up to Venus. Since the Moon appears to move across the sky at roughly 13-degrees per day, it needs three more days (13 x 3 = 39 ...

May 30 presents a perfect opportunity to spot Mare Crisium — a dark Nevada-sized patch — etched into the delicate curve of the crescent moon before it sinks below the horizon around midnight ...