Heads up, stargazers! The waxing crescent moon will appear on the left shoulder of Mars in the hours following sunset on July 28 — close enough for both to fit easily in the view of a pair of 10x50 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon. (Photo by: Alan ...

On February 23, 2026, a waxing crescent Moon will illuminate the sky with its golden shine.

Look west after sunset for a 21% lit waxing crescent moon. Its dark limb will display “Earthshine”—sunlight reflected from our planet’s oceans and ice caps onto the lunar surface. It’s just strong ...

While orbiting Earth, the moon undergoes a series of phases, each marked by its unique appearance in the sky The moon has captivated humanity since the beginning of time, but what deeper significance ...

Look out for "Earthshine" brightening the shadowed region of the lunar disk close to the new moon phase.

A waxing moon is when the illuminated portion of the moon that we see from Earth is growing larger each night. After the new moon, when the moon is invisible or nearly invisible in the night sky, the ...

For Super Bowl LVIII, a sports fan put out that the teams will be playing under the moon's "Waxing Crescent" phase, and the Chiefs have actually won 19-of-the-last-20 game under that condition. For ...