According to NASA, around 95% of the moon's nearside was expected to be illuminated by the sun on Friday, Dec. 13, and 99% of the moon's nearside will be illuminated on Saturday, Dec. 14.

The full moon is the point where the entire face of the moon is illuminated by the sun as seen from Earth. "This is as close as we come to seeing the sun's illumination of the entire day side of ...

“In 1969, we landed humans on the moon. On Christmas Eve, we embrace a star — our star.” Artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launched in ...

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 ...

A night view of Mount Erek as the "Cold Moon" appears in the sky in Van, Turkiye on December 07, ... [+] 2022. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The twelfth and final full ...

Lunar eclipses are a popular event for skywatchers worldwide. Lunar eclipses occur when Earth moves between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow across the lunar surface. Lunar eclipses can only ...

“For those of us in the northern hemisphere, the Moon will seem to reach higher in the sky than you might expect,” Russell said in an email. The sun, moon and Earth are on about the same ...

Since the moon will be opposite the sun, the moon will mirror the sun's movements. When the sun is at its lowest point in the daytime southern sky, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere ...

in an email to The Desert Sun. However, the full moon this weekend may interfere with your viewing. The moonlight will make it harder to see fainter meteors, likely decreasing the number you can ...

Dick Van Arsdale, a former second-round pick of the Knicks who later became known as the “Original Sun,” has died, the Suns announced Monday on social media. He was 81 years old. No cause of ...

December is coming to an end with a "black moon" on Monday night, Dec. 30, but those hoping to see the phenomenon will be out of luck. That's because a black moon is the term for the second new ...