With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

Today, Feb. 1, 2025, the moon is 3 days old, in the waxing crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 13% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we ...

You may see a round, red moon on the day whose digits, 3/14, look like an approximation of the mathematical constant related to circles, 3.14.

It will be visible with the naked eye too looking east from the UK, although some cloud ... full moon of 2025, and marks the moment when the Moon’s Earth-facing side is fully illuminated by ...