The Washington Monument lit up on New Year's Eve in celebration of the Artemis 2 moon mission as well as the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence.

As of Sunday, Jan. 11, the Moon phase is Waning Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 42% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.

A total lunar eclipse will turn the Moon deep red, creating a real-world “Blood Moon” that looks straight out of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Astronomers discovered a "quasi-satellite" of Earth, also known as a "quasi-moon," dubbed 2025 PN7 in 2025. NASA told Snopes that 2025 PN7 has been in its current configuration "since at least the past 70 years and will remain so for another 60 years.

Tonight, a brilliant near-full moon rises in the east with Regulus, the heart of Leo, just ahead. Don’t miss this striking sky pairing as they climb into the night sky.

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar wind and our planet's magnetic field, upending a 20-year-old theory based on NASA's Apollo lunar samples.

The next full moon will be on Sunday, Feb. 1. 5:09 p.m. (EST). It will officially reach its full moon phase at 5:09 p.m. EST (2209 GMT), but local moonrise times vary depending on location. The moon will still appear full the night before and after its peak to the casual stargazer.

On Jan. 10, 1946, the world changed forever after scientists at Camp Evans in Wall bounced the first radar signal off the moon.