There will be a rare "black moon" on Dec. 30, but you're likely not going to notice anything that unusual if you look to the ...

While a blue moon represents the second full moon in a month, a black moon is the second new moon in a month. It can also mean the third new moon when there's a season with four new moons (instead of ...

Chandra Darshan, January 1, 2025, marks the first glimpse of the waxing Moon after Amavasya, symbolizing new beginnings. This day is culturally significant, involving various rituals and practices ...

watch as it grows from a new moon to a first quarter moon. As it grows, it is known as a waxing moon, and gradually increases from a waxing "crescent" (for its shape into the first quarter moon.

Here are the best lunar events to see in 2025, including the Major Lunar Standstill, eclipses, occultations and conjunctions involving the moon.

Witness a lunar occultation of both Mars and the Pleiades; plus, Mars reaches opposition and Venus and Saturn sit close ...

Over thousands of years, various cultures have developed calendars based on astronomical observations, leading to diverse ...

The waxing crescent moon in Capricorn on New Year’s Eve is sizzling with erraticism from Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, along ...

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

Something rare is happening in the skies in the next few days — a black moon. This rare celestial event is due to an unusual ...

Between December 30 and 31, skywatchers will witness a rare celestial event—the Black Moon, the final astronomical phenomenon ...

In one of the most extraordinary presidential press conferences ever given, President Brett Boone confirmed that the moon, ...