meaning the entire face of the moon that's facing us is illuminated by the sun's rays. The moon generates no light of its own, meaning we only see the portions illuminated by other light ...

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light ... by the sun as seen ...

As we enter the penultimate month of 2024, NASA has shared some spectacular images from across the universe ... by NASA's Perseverance rover as the Martian moon Phobos passed in front of the sun ...

November's Beaver Moon will appear in the sky next to the gorgeous Pleiades star cluster, also known as the "Seven Sisters." ...

The next new moon will occur on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1:21 a.m. EST (0521 GMT). A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun ... glow is produced by light from a fully ...

The moon officially became full today (Oct. 17) at 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 GMT), but it will appear full to the naked eye all throughout the night. Once the sun sets tonight, the photogenic comet ...