Look to the east before sunrise on June 22 to catch the delicate form of the crescent moon shining with Venus alongside the ...

Mare Crisium, or the 'Sea of Crises', can be spotted on the night of May 30 as an oval-shaped dark patch on the moon's northeastern limb, close to the terminator — the line that separates day from ...

at least in silhouette against the sun.) In the days after new phase, the moon begins to emerge as a slender crescent into the western evening sky. To obtain an approximate age for a young ...

Not only do you learn the names of features on another object in space, but you also learn about the history of science, because the moon’s craters are named for the famous scientists of history.

Look again to the southwest after dark to see a 32%-lit waxing crescent moon closing in on Jupiter ... showing the libration and craters, lava seas, and where NASA landed the Apollo missions.

dark plains of the lunar maria (Latin for "seas"), while the brighter southern highlands are covered in craters left by ancient asteroid impacts. The moon's crescent will slim over the coming days ...

On the South Pole of the Moon, there are craters that never see sunlight ... When the Moon is in a crescent, you can sort of see the rest of its face due to Earthshine. ShadowCam even took ...

Some parts of the Moon ... crater wall, according to NASA. Image: NASA/KARI/ASU The image above was captured just after a new Moon, when our view of the satellite from Earth appears as a thin ...