Consider this your guided tour through the celestial drama unfolding above, with special attention to the lunar phases we'll witness in real time. Friday and Saturday bring us the new moon, ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight.

Members of the Iris team have assembled the Iris Lunar Dream Capsule, a tiny payload that will launch aboard Griffin-1, the next lunar lander from Carnegie Mellon spinout Astrobotic. The capsule — ...

On a clear night, the moon you gaze upon looks the same as it looked for the first humans that walked Earth—the same ...

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Mars, Jupiter and Mercury will all appear low in the west after sunset. Look for bright Venus low in the eastern sky for about two hours before the sun rises all month long. The crescent moon and ...

For those names borrowed from First Nations lunar calendars, they don't just refer to the Full Moon itself. ... 2017, courtesy Jeff Welch on Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Although China has used the Gregorian calendar since 1912, Chinese New Year is based on the ancient Chinese lunar calendar, falling on the second new moon after winter solstice — meaning it ...

When Britain and its American colonies switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, 11 days were lost. George Washington had to change his birthday from Feb. 11 to Feb. 22.