The striking X mark on the moon, which requires a certain amount of luck to be spotted, will be visible for around four hours ...

A moon phase is the shape of the moon as seen from ... A third quarter moon looks a lot like a first quarter moon—both appear as a half circle to our eye. But, again, you can tell the difference ...

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting ...

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