July's full moon -- known as the Buck Moon or the Thunder Moon -- will light up the night sky on July 10 and be at its ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Watch the waning gibbous moon, Saturn, and Neptune meet in the night sky around midnight on July 16. The trio will travel ...

Peregrinations of Venus and the moon. If Venus were stationary and did not appear to move against the night sky, then a Venus-moon encounter would occur every 27 days, 7 hours and 43 minutes.

How to watch the Venus-moon conjunction. People who want to catch a glimpse of the glowing sky will have to prepare to get up extra early.

So, the moon had to travel that much more across the sky to catch up to Venus. Since the Moon appears to move across the sky at roughly 13-degrees per day, it needs three more days (13 x 3 = 39 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night Few sights are as memorable as Venus, the brightest planet ...

The brightest of all the planets has been playing coy for a couple of months now, peeking through the evening twilight just above the west-northwest horizon, and then setting before dark.

The moon, our nearest neighbor in space is 242,500 miles (390,200 kilometers) away, while Venus, the planet that can approach us closer than any of the other planets is currently about 320 times ...

As darkness is falling Wednesday and Thursday evenings, be sure to take a look toward the west-southwest part of the sky for yet another beautiful celestial tableau formed by a lovely crescent ...

It’s been a relatively quiet start to 2020 as far as skywatching goes. Sure, we’ve had some full Moons and a few other treats here … ...

These Venus-moon rendezvous occur on roughly a monthly schedule. Indeed, if Venus were stationary and did not appear to move against the star background, then a Venus-moon encounter would occur ...