Look west at sunset to find the razor-thin crescent moon hanging less than 10 degrees above the horizon. Regulus will appear as a blue-white point of light roughly 1 degree to the lower right of the ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during July 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Tonight, the evening sky holds a different conjunction, as the Moon passes 0.8° north of Mars at 3 P.M. EST and sits near the magnitude 4.1 star Upsilon (υ) Geminorum in the early-evening hours.

The Waxing Crescent Moon will be in the western sky during the evening hours on the first night of the month, with the First Quarter Moon rising on the second. We will see the Waxing Gibbous Moon ...

Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the rocky planet during its evening apparition in the post-sunset sky.

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, June 27 The Moon passes 3° north of Mercury at 2 A.M. EDT. By evening the two are visible in the western sky, roughly 8° high an ...

In early 2025, Venus will dazzle in the southwest sky after sunset, earning its "evening star" nickname. This phenomenon, which occurs when Venus gets close to Earth, happens once every 19 months.