See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, July 2, 2024, the moon is 26 days old and is in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar ...

One of the brightest stars in the summer night sky will be occulted (eclipsed) by the moon this weekend in one of 2024’s rarest sky events for the Americas. The 16th brightest star in the night ...

July 3, 2024 — Mysterious, light-colored swirls on Moon's surface could be rocks magnetized by magma activity underground, laboratory experiments ... Geologists Expect Chang'e-6 Lunar Surface ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Hundreds of visitors gather at Stonehenge for the autumn equinox amid a full moon. There is some evidence that people sleep less during the full moon. Since time immemorial, people around the ...

This week, however, is as good as it gets because, with a new moon mid-week, it’s the darkest the post-sunset skies will get in July. Early risers will see a waning crescent moon and meet some ...

When NASA scientists recently tracked the orbits of two space rocks as they made close approaches of Earth, they discovered a surprise: One of the asteroids has a little moon. Astronomers ...

The General Assembly declared International Moon Day, a United Nations-designated international day to be observed annually on 20 July, in its resolution 76/76 on “International cooperation in ...

Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him "the world's loneliest man". July's full ...

The Chang’e-6 lunar module landed on Tuesday with up to 2 kilograms of moon dust and rocks inside of it. It’s the latest space success for a country that is increasingly catching the eye of ...

(Credit: NASA/JPL) The surface of the far side of the moon is far from familiar since it isn’t fully visible from the surface of our own planet. Take a moment to imagine the moon, conjuring its ...

The Scarlett Johansson–Channing Tatum vehicle Fly Me to the Moon may be blasting off in theaters today, but I have other plans. Instead, I’m going to listen to 26 versions of the song the movi ...