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

According to astronomers from the International Astronomical Centre in Abu Dhabi, the crescent moon (which marks the beginning of the holy month) is expected to be sighted on Friday, February 28 ...

Ramadan 2025: Sighting the moon phase is important. Here's when the crescent moon is likely to be sighted in India and Saudi Arabia. Ramadan 2025: Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar ...

As a result, the holy month will commence on Saturday, March 1. The crescent moon marking the beginning of Ramadan has been sighted in Saudi Arabia, the moon sighting committee confirmed on Friday ...

Friday's crescent moon brings the first night of Ramadan. But guess what? There will be a planetary alignment in the sky, too. Here's what to know.

A lunar eclipse will fall across North America Thursday night, March 13th through dawn Friday, March 14th. The March Full ...

Reporting on missions to the moon and beyond. NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon, because that is what President Trump set as the destination of the agency’s human spaceflight ...

The crescent moon will be observed after sunset on Friday, February 28, corresponding to 29 Sha’ban 1446, to confirm the exact start date of fasting. As is widely known, many Arab and Islamic ...

We tend to think of the moon as a cold, dusty rock, but in fact, its surface can get pretty hot during a lunar day. How hot? It turns out that the answer can vary dramatically over a very short ...

Editor's note: The Full Snow Moon is already putting on quite the show for skywatchers worldwide, we've rounded up some of the best full moon photos in our February full moon photo roundup story.

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. As it continues to brighten, it takes on an oblong ...

New Moon, waxing crescent, First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent. A cycle starting from one Full Moon to its next counterpart, termed the ...