or "gibbous," shape until it reaches the full moon stage. Then it will repeat the steps in reverse as it heads back to a new moon. You can see what today's moon phase is here with the embedded ...

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

Saturday finds the moon in a waxing gibbous phase. Of all the phases that the moon goes through over 29.5 days, a waxing ...

The Lunar X, sometimes called the Werner X, appears when the Moon orbits Earth. Sunlight hits its craters and mountains at ...

A stunning Blood Moon March 13/14 caps off plenty of planetary action and sparkling stars in the sky this week.

A treat awaits sky gazers in the month of March – the moon will take on a deep, reddish hue as it slips into the Earth's ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

Lunar enthusiasts can catch a glimpse of the "Lunar X" tonight, a striking criss-cross shape on the moon that can only be seen in the hours around its first quarter phase. The unique, 50-mile-wide ...

No two moon jars are the same. Despite their shared form and color, every moon jar has differences, whether it’s variations in the clay, glaze or firing conditions they’re made with that cause subtle ...

While many are still basking in the afterglow of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, a lunar eclipse is about to have ...

Unlike a partial or total lunar eclipse, the moon won't darken or turn red; during a penumbral eclipse the moon only looks a little darker than normal. The full moon of March, called the Worm Moon ...