For months, Saturn has been a steady presence in the sky after sunset, but after tonight, it will move away from our view for ...

The lunar crescent will disappear below the horizon before midnight on Jan. 22.

Tonight the sky is staging a compact, graceful performance: a slender crescent moon sliding in beside Saturn, with distant Neptune completing a rare triple alignment. For a few hours after sunset and ...

Look to the west-southwest after dark on Thursday, Jan. 22, to see a 17%-lit waxing crescent moon moving close to the ringed ...

The planet Mercury sits 3.5° to the left of a two-day-old crescent Moon in the evening sky tonight. At magnitude 0.1, Mercury is still bring and nearly 6° high in the west an hour after sunset. It’s ...

From a bright full moon to planets meeting the moon and a rare solar eclipse, sky lovers have several chances to look up and ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including six visible planets, an annular solar eclipse, and the Milky Way’s ...

You might already know that roughly a quarter of the world’s population is expected to head into Ramadan this weekend, the Islamic holy month perhaps best known for its followers’ dawn-to-sunset ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon. (Photo by: Alan ...

If you are fond of gazing at the night sky, you may want to go out this Thursday night. On October 23, 2025, the crescent Moon, Mars, and Mercury will be in close proximity shortly after sunset, ...

The determination of Ramadan's start relies heavily on the visibility of the crescent moon, which is influenced by several astronomical factors. On February 17, 2026, the crescent will not be visible ...